Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 20 - STANDARDS FOR CLASSIFICATION OF REAL ESTATE AS DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURAL USE AND TO HORTICULTURAL USE UNDER THE VIRGINIA LAND USE ASSESSMENT LAW
Section 2VAC5-20-20 - Current use
Universal Citation: 2 VA Admin Code 5-20-20
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. The applicant shall certify that the real estate sought to be qualified currently meets one or more of the following requirements:
1. Be
devoted to the bona fide production for sale of plants or animals that are
useful to man;
2. Be devoted to the
bona fide production for sale of products that are useful to man and that are
made on the real estate from plants or animals produced on the real
estate;
3. Be devoted to the bona
fide production for sale of fruit of all kinds, including grapes, nuts, and
berries;
4. Be devoted to the bona
fide production for sale of vegetables;
5. Be devoted to the bona fide production for
sale of nursery or floral products;
6. Be devoted to the bona fide production for
sale of plants or products directly produced on such real estate from fruits,
vegetables, nursery or floral products, or plants produced on such real estate;
or
7. Be devoted to and meet the
requirements and qualifications for payments or other compensation pursuant to
a soil and water conservation program under an agreement with an agency of the
state or federal government.
B. No real estate devoted to the production of trees or timber products may qualify unless:
1. The real estate is less than 20
acres;
2. The real estate meets the
technical standards prescribed by the State Forester; and
3. The real estate is producing tree or
timber products incidental to other farm operations.
Statutory Authority: § 58.1-3230 of the Code of Virginia.
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