Virginia § 3.2-4003 - Powers and duties of the Commissioner
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 3.2-4003 — Powers and duties of the Commissioner, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3.2-4003. Powers and duties of the Commissioner
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; and
8. 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.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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