{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4764","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 3.2-4764","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\"Cotton gin\" means a facility where cotton seed and cotton lint are produced from raw cotton.\"Cotton handler\" means any person doing business as a cotton gin, cotton merchant, or cotton warehouse.\"Cotton merchant\" means any person who buys cotton from a producer for the purpose of resale, or acts as a broker or agent for a producer in arranging the sale of cotton. The term does not include a person that buys cotton for his own use.\"Cotton warehouse\" means any enclosure in which producer-owned cotton is stored or held for longer than 48 hours.2000, c. 584, § 3.1-722.29; 2008, c. 860.","path":["Title 3.2. AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL CARE, AND FOOD","Subtitle III. PRODUCTION AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS","Chapter 47. SALE OF FARM PRODUCE","Article 5. COTTON HANDLERS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/3.2-4764/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:19Z","sha256":"45eeeaf635fc057f3561f89bd1e1c3b89f0d26764fd07094733f2882aa9a6b2d","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4763","next":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4765"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}