A nonconforming outdoor advertising device that is destroyed is no longer permitted and must be removed, except when the outdoor advertising device is destroyed by vandalism or some other criminal or tortious act.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 21 - Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020
§ 54-21-102. Chapter Definitions
§ 54-21-106. Disposition of Fees
§ 54-21-109. Damage, Destruction, or Removal of Signs or Markers on State Highway System
§ 54-21-110. Information for Traveling Public
§ 54-21-111. Power of Commissioner to Enforce Provisions — Rulemaking
§ 54-21-112. Commissioner's Authority to Enter on Property Without Penalty
§ 54-21-115. Outdoor Advertising on Certain Interstate Highways Prohibited — Penalty — Exceptions
§ 54-21-119. Changeable Message Signs
§ 54-21-120. Removal of Nonconforming Device That Is Destroyed