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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 161<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1999, chapter 346<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 6<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1420973,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357229,"identifier":"3.2-105","token":"3.2\/I\/1\/1\/3.2-105","url":"\/3.2-105\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-105\/","token":"3.2\/I\/1\/1\/3.2-105","dublin_core":{"Title":"Century farm program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-105","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> shall establish a century farm program to honor farm families in the Commonwealth whose property has been in the same family for 100 years or more. In order<\/span> to be eligible for recognition under the program, a farm shall (i) have been owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years; (ii) be lived on, or actually farmed, by a descendant of the original owners; and (iii) gross more than $2,500 annually from the sale of farm products.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCENTURY FARM PROGRAM (\u00a7 3.2-105)\n\nThe Commissioner shall establish a century farm program to honor farm families\nin the Commonwealth whose property has been in the same family for 100 years or\nmore. In order to be eligible for recognition under the program, a farm shall\n(i) have been owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years; (ii)\nbe lived on, or actually farmed, by a descendant of the original owners; and\n(iii) gross more than $2,500 annually from the sale of farm products.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 161, \u00a7 3.1-17.1; 1999, c. 346; 2008, c. 860; 2016, c. 6.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}