It shall be unlawful to post or erect any historical marker, monument, sign or notice, on public property or upon any public street, road or highway in the Commonwealth bearing any legend, inscription or notice which purports to record any historic event, incident or fact, or to maintain any such historical marker, monument, notice, or sign posted or erected after June 17, 1930, unless a written certificate has been issued by the Board or an appropriate predecessor agency attesting to the validity and correct record of the historic event, incident or fact set forth in the marker.
Code 1950, § 42-66; 1950, p. 47; 1964, c. 152; 1970, c. 606, § 10-145.2; 1976, c. 88; 1984, c. 750, § 10-261; 1986, c. 608; 1988, c. 891, § 10.1-810; 1989, c. 656.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 22 - Historic Resources
§ 10.1-2202. Powers and duties of the Director
§ 10.1-2202.1. Historic Resources Fund established; administration; purpose
§ 10.1-2202.2. Preservation Easement Fund established; uses
§ 10.1-2202.3. Stewardship of state-owned historic properties
§ 10.1-2202.4. Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund established; eligibility; uses
§ 10.1-2203. Board of Historic Resources membership; appointment; terms
§ 10.1-2204. Duties of Board of Historic Resources
§ 10.1-2205. Board shall promulgate regulations; penalty
§ 10.1-2206.2. Consent of owners required for certain designations by the Board
§ 10.1-2207. Property to reflect change in market value
§ 10.1-2209. Erection of markers, requirements, etc., without certificate of approval forbidden
§ 10.1-2210. Erection of markers by local governing bodies
§ 10.1-2211. Disbursement of funds appropriated for caring for Confederate cemeteries and graves
§ 10.1-2211.1:1. Revolutionary War Cemeteries and Graves Fund
§ 10.1-2211.3. Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund
§ 10.1-2212. Listing of certain historical societies receiving appropriations
§ 10.1-2213. Procedure for appropriation of state funds for historic preservation
§ 10.1-2213.1. Matching grants for contributions to a material restoration of a Presidential home