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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 280 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. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81555,"section_number":"55.1-305","catch_line":"Enjoyment of easement","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-305\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":248191,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69850,"identifier":"55.1-2800","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/1\/55.1-2800","url":"\/55.1-2800\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2800\/","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/1\/55.1-2800","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2800","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, “electric fence” means a fence designed to conduct electric current along one or more wires of such fence so that a person or animal touching any such wire or wires will receive an electric shock.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITION (\u00a7 55.1-2800)\n\nAs used in this article, “electric fence” means a fence designed to\nconduct electric current along one or more wires of such fence so that a person\nor animal touching any such wire or wires will receive an electric shock.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 280, \u00a7 55-298.4; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}