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This law was first created in 2018. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 354<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62811,"section_number":"3.2-300","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-300\/"},{"id":87026,"section_number":"56-466","catch_line":"Location of posts, poles, cables and conduits; height of wires, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-466\/"}],"permalink":{"id":249031,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71514,"identifier":"56-256.1","token":"56\/10\/4\/56-256.1","url":"\/56-256.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-256.1\/","token":"56\/10\/4\/56-256.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Height of electric power distribution lines over agricultural land","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-256.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless placement at a greater height is required pursuant to \u00a7 56-466<\/a> or other applicable law<\/span>, any electric distribution line that is installed, either as a new line or as a replacement for an existing line, on or after July 1, 2018, by or for an electric utility upon or over land upon which agricultural operations, as defined in \u00a7 3.2-300<\/a>, are conducted shall be placed at a height that is not less than the minimum height requirement that applies to the placement of electric distribution lines above road crossings.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEIGHT OF ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION LINES OVER AGRICULTURAL LAND (\u00a7 56-256.1)\n\nUnless placement at a greater height is required pursuant to \u00a7 56-466 or other\napplicable law, any electric distribution line that is installed, either as a\nnew line or as a replacement for an existing line, on or after July 1, 2018, by\nor for an electric utility upon or over land upon which agricultural operations,\nas defined in \u00a7 3.2-300, are conducted shall be placed at a height that is not\nless than the minimum height requirement that applies to the placement of\nelectric distribution lines above road crossings.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, c. 354.","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}}