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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 341 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 1989 \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 2003, chapter 364<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261315,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67199,"identifier":"59.1-409","token":"59.1\/30\/59.1-409","url":"\/59.1-409\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-409\/","token":"59.1\/30\/59.1-409","dublin_core":{"Title":"Warning signs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-409","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person<\/span> shall, individually or through an agent or employee, or as an agent or employee, operate any covered equipment<\/span> in the proximity of an overhead high voltage line<\/span> unless there is posted and maintained a warning sign<\/span> placed as follows: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Within the equipment and readily visible and legible to the operator of such equipment when at the controls of such equipment; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> On the outside of equipment in such numbers and locations as to be readily visible and legible at 12 feet to other persons<\/span> engaged in the work<\/span> operations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> It shall be the duty and responsibility of the owner, lessee, or employer of any covered equipment<\/span> to acquaint themselves, and their employees who will be operating the equipment or will be engaged in work<\/span>, with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations prescribed and promulgated pursuant to it. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWARNING SIGNS (\u00a7 59.1-409)\n\nA. No person shall, individually or through an agent or employee, or as an agent\nor employee, operate any covered equipment in the proximity of an overhead high\nvoltage line unless there is posted and maintained a warning sign placed as\nfollows:\n\n 1. Within the equipment and readily visible and legible to the operator of\n such equipment when at the controls of such equipment; and\n\n 2. On the outside of equipment in such numbers and locations as to be readily\n visible and legible at 12 feet to other persons engaged in the work\n operations.\n\nB. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the owner, lessee, or employer of\nany covered equipment to acquaint themselves, and their employees who will be\noperating the equipment or will be engaged in work, with the provisions of this\nchapter and the regulations prescribed and promulgated pursuant to it.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 341; 2003, c. 364.","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}}