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27-52-109. Unauthorized signs, etc., prohibited — Removal.
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27-52-109. Unauthorized signs, etc., prohibited — Removal.
(a)(1) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic control device, or any railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.
(2) This subsection shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information or of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
(b) Every such prohibited sign, signal, marking, or device is declared to be a public nuisance, and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is empowered to remove it or cause it to be removed without notice.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-52-109
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Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:27-52-109
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.27.odt
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27-52-109. Unauthorized signs, etc., prohibited — Removal.
(a)(1) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic control device, or any railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.
(2) This subsection shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information or of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
(b) Every such prohibited sign, signal, marking, or device is declared to be a public nuisance, and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is empowered to remove it or cause it to be removed without notice.
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