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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 594 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 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1978, chapter 118; in 1993, chapter 442; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 3<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 826<\/a> and 862<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1450961,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364571,"identifier":"45.2-935","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/9\/12\/45.2-935","url":"\/45.2-935\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-935\/","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/9\/12\/45.2-935","dublin_core":{"Title":" Inspection of electric equipment and wiring; checking and testing methane monitors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-935","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Electric equipment and wiring that extends to an underground area shall be inspected by a certified person at least once a week and more often if necessary to ensure safe operating conditions. Any hazardous condition found shall be corrected or the equipment or wiring shall be removed from service. Such surface inspection is also required for any trailing cable or circuit<\/span> breaker used in conjunction with such equipment and wiring.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n INSPECTION OF ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT AND WIRING; CHECKING AND TESTING METHANE\nMONITORS (\u00a7 45.2-935)\n\nElectric equipment and wiring that extends to an underground area shall be\ninspected by a certified person at least once a week and more often if necessary\nto ensure safe operating conditions. Any hazardous condition found shall be\ncorrected or the equipment or wiring shall be removed from service. Such surface\ninspection is also required for any trailing cable or circuit breaker used in\nconjunction with such equipment and wiring.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-85; 1978, c. 118; 1993, c. 442; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7\n45.1-161.288; 2005, c. 3; 2011, cc. 826, 862; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}