CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNOFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES PROHIBITED; PENALTIES (§ 46.2-831)

No unauthorized person shall erect or maintain on any highway any warning or
direction sign, signal, or light in imitation of any official traffic control
device erected as provided by law. No person shall erect or maintain on any
highway any traffic control device bearing any commercial advertising.Nothing in
this section shall prohibit the erection or maintenance of signs or signals
bearing the name of an organization authorized to erect it by the Commonwealth
Transportation Board, the Department of Transportation, or local authorities of
counties, cities, and towns as provided by law. Nor shall this section be
construed to prohibit the erection by contractors or public utility companies of
temporary signs approved by the Virginia Department of Transportation warning
motorists that work is in progress on or adjacent to the highway.Any violation
of this section shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-187; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-174; 1982, c. 681; 1989, c.
727; 2013, cc. 128, 400, 585, 646.