{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4003","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 3.2-4003","heading":"Powers and duties of the Commissioner","body":"The Commissioner may:1. Establish and maintain seed-testing facilities;2. Fix and collect fees for testing seeds for farmers and dealers that have requested the tests;3. Establish and maintain facilities for the verification of kind and variety;4. Publish the results of analyses, tests, examinations, studies, and investigations authorized by this article together with any other information he may deem advisable;5. Cooperate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in seed law enforcement;6. Require the registrant of any variety or hybrid offered for sale to furnish: (i) the recognized variety name or recognized hybrid designation of such variety or hybrid; (ii) a 1,000 viable seed sample of such seed; and (iii) the history of its development and the name of the person who developed such variety or hybrid and first introduced it for production and sale;7. Require the registration annually of all fields planted for the production of hybrid seed on or before June 20 and provide for inspection of such fields; and8. Appoint a seed advisory committee.Code 1950, § 3-219.9; 1958, c. 483; 1966, cc. 9, 702, § 3.1-270; 1986, c. 615; 1994, c. 577; 2008, c. 860.","path":["Title 3.2. AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL CARE, AND FOOD","Subtitle III. PRODUCTION AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS","Chapter 40. SEEDS","Article 1. SEEDS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/3.2-4003/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:19Z","sha256":"c10c6444331a0b3af809fea374a7d2b43c47b406c6348ee840deadb977ac5c63","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4002","next":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}