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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 10. Department of Forestry
Chapter 30. Virginia State Forests Regulations
12/4/2025

4VAC10-30-10. Definitions.

A. Section 46.2-100 of the Code of Virginia provides definitions for the following terms and phrases used in this chapter:

"Bicycle"

"Electric personal assistive mobility device"

"Electric power-assisted bicycle"

"Motor vehicle"

B. The following words and terms when used in this chapter have the following meanings unless a different meaning is provided or is plainly required by the context:

"Bike trail" means any road or trail maintained for bicycles.

"Department" means the Department of Forestry, as defined by § 10.1-1100 of the Code of Virginia.

"Firearm," as defined by § 29.1-100 of the Code of Virginia, means any weapon that will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel single or multiple projectiles by the action of an explosion of a combustible material.

"Forest" means all state-owned lands designated as a state forest, including all sites, roadways, game food patches, ponds, lakes, streams, rivers, and recreational areas assigned to the Department of Forestry, for use, development, and administration.

"Group" means several individuals related by a common factor, having structured organization and defined leadership.

"Hiking trail" means any road or trail maintained for pedestrians.

"Hunting" means the lawful hunting of game animals as defined by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.

"Multi-use trail" means any trail maintained for use for horseback riding, bicycling, hiking, or walking.

"Owner" means any person, firm, association, co-partnership, or corporation owning, leasing, or having the extensive use of any forest machinery for use in harvesting forest products, vehicle, animal, or any other property under a lease or otherwise.

"Parking area" means any area on a forest designated for parking of motor vehicles of all types, clearly marked on the ground and so indicated by signs or on state forest maps.

"Permits" means any written license issued by or under authority of the department, permitting the performance of a specified act.

"Permittee" means any person, partnership, corporation, company, or association in possession of a valid permit.

"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, public or private institution, political subdivision, or government agency.

"Road" means any road, logging road, trail, or path used in the harvesting and movement of forest products, hunting, or recreation, irrespective of the state of maintenance.

"Silvicultural activity" means any forest management activity, including harvest of timber, construction of roads and trails for forest management purposes, and preparation of property for reforestation.

"State Forests Superintendent" means the individual designated the State Forests Superintendent by the department or any assistant the State Forests Superintendent authorizes to act for the superintendent.

"Timber sale" means any written signed agreement, pursuant to § 10.1-1107 of the Code of Virginia, wherein the State Forester agrees to sell and the purchaser agrees to purchase any designated forest products or other agricultural crops for a mutually agreed price per unit or lot.

"Unmanned aerial system," "UAS," "unmanned aerial vehicle," or "UAV," also known as a drone, is an aircraft that is remotely controlled and operates without a human pilot on board.

Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-1101 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Former 4VAC5-40-10 derived from VR215-01-03 § 1; eff. October 14, 1970; amended and renumbered as 4VAC10-30-10, Virginia Register Volume 22, Issue 21, eff. July 26, 2006; amended, Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 1, eff. October 9, 2025.

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