2015 Code of Virginia
Title 10.1 - Conservation
§ 10.1-1162. Definitions
As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Diameter" means the distance through a tree at the point of average thickness as measured from outside of bark to outside of bark at a point on a trunk ten inches above the general ground level.
"Person" means any landowner, owner of timber, owner of timber rights, sawmill operator, sawmill owner, veneer wood operator, pulpwood contractor, or any person engaged in the business of severing timber from the stump.
"Tree" means any tree of a currently commercially valuable species which is six inches or more in diameter.
Code 1950, ยง 10-75; 1952, c. 417; 1956, c. 75; 1988, c. 891.
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Virginia may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
