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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>369790</law_id><section_number>55.1-2802</section_number><catch_line>Unlawful to sell other controlling devices unless they meet certain standards</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="120" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="V">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="28">Trespasses; Fences</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Electric Fences</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A controlling device that does not conform to the requirements of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Unlawful to sell, distribute, construct, install, maintain, or use certain electric fences upon agricultural land" href="/55.1-2801/">55.1-2801</a> shall not be sold, distributed, constructed, installed, maintained, or used unless it meets the following standards: <a id="paragraph-1379678" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2802/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A peak-discharge-output type controlling device that delivers intermittent current of a value not in excess of four milliampere-seconds for a maximum &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">on</span>&#x201D; period of two-tenths second and a minimum &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">off</span>&#x201D; period of three-quarters second. The mean value of the peak output from such device shall progressively decrease from four milliampere-seconds at maximum &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">on</span>&#x201D; periods of both two-tenths and one-tenth second to three and two-tenths milliampere-seconds at six-hundredths second, one and nine-tenths milliampere-seconds at three-hundredths second, and consequently to shorter &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">on</span>&#x201D; periods as output current increases. <a id="paragraph-1379679" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2802/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A sinusoidal-output type controlling device that delivers an intermittent current of a value not in excess of five milliamperes for a maximum &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">on</span>&#x201D; period of two-tenths second and a minimum &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">off</span>&#x201D; period of nine-tenths second. The effective value of the output from such device may increase as the &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">on</span>&#x201D; period decreases, increasing from 40 milliamperes for one-tenth second to 57 milliamperes for five-hundredths second, and 65 milliamperes for twenty-seven thousandths second. <a id="paragraph-1379680" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2802/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any other type of controlling device that delivers a maximum intermittent current output of a value not in excess of four milliampere-seconds for a maximum &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">on</span>&#x201D; period of two-tenths second and a minimum &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">off</span>&#x201D; period of nine-tenths second. <a id="paragraph-1379681" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2802/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, no electric fence controlling device shall be sold, distributed, constructed, installed, maintained, or used that will permit for longer than one second an uninterrupted electric current <span class="dictionary">on</span> the fence with an effective value in excess of five milliamperes when the load, including the measuring device, is not less than 450 ohms nor more than 550 ohms. <a id="paragraph-1379682" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2802/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 280, &#xA7;&#xA7; 55-298.2, 55-298.3; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
