Any sign, advertisement, or advertising structure that is erected, used, maintained, operated, posted, or displayed for which no permit has been obtained where such is required, or after revocation or more than 30 days after expiration of a permit, is hereby declared to be a public and private nuisance and may be forthwith removed, obliterated, or abated by the Commissioner of Highways. The Commissioner of Highways may collect the cost of such removal, obliteration, or abatement from the person erecting, using, maintaining, operating, posting, or displaying such sign, advertisement, or advertising structure.
Code 1950, § 33-321; 1954, c. 588; 1960, c. 406; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-375; 1976, c. 14; 2012, cc. 760, 818; 2014, c. 805.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems
Chapter 12 - Outdoor Advertising in Sight of Public Highways
§ 33.2-1200. Policy; definitions
§ 33.2-1201. Enforcement of provisions by Commissioner of Highways
§ 33.2-1202. Territory to which article applies
§ 33.2-1203. Entry upon lands; hindering Commissioner of Highways or agent
§ 33.2-1204. Excepted signs, advertisements, and advertising structures
§ 33.2-1205. License required of outdoor advertisers
§ 33.2-1206. Revocation of license and judicial review
§ 33.2-1207. Bond required from out-of-state licensee
§ 33.2-1209. Applications for permits; fees
§ 33.2-1210. Duration and renewal of permit
§ 33.2-1211. Revocation of permit
§ 33.2-1213. Appeal from refusal or revocation of permit
§ 33.2-1214. Transfer of licenses and permits to successor concerns
§ 33.2-1215. Identification of advertising structure or advertisement
§ 33.2-1216. Certain advertisements or structures prohibited
§ 33.2-1218. Removal of billboard signs under this chapter prohibited without just compensation
§ 33.2-1219. Maintenance and repair of nonconforming billboard signs
§ 33.2-1220. Regulations and agreements with United States implementing § 33.2-1217
§ 33.2-1221. Selective pruning permits; fees; penalty
§ 33.2-1222. Tree-trimming policies
§ 33.2-1223. Pasting advertisements prohibited in certain instances
§ 33.2-1224. Signs or advertising on rocks, poles, etc., within limits of highway; civil penalty
§ 33.2-1225. Commissioner of Highways may enter into certain agreements; civil penalties
§ 33.2-1226. Harmony of regulations
§ 33.2-1227. Violation a nuisance; abatement
§ 33.2-1228. Disposition of fees
§ 33.2-1229. Penalties for violation
§ 33.2-1230. Adjustment or relocation of certain billboard signs
§ 33.2-1231. Construction of article
§ 33.2-1232. Prohibition of false and misleading signs
§ 33.2-1233. Penalty for violation of § 33.2-1232
§ 33.2-1234. Removal of false or misleading signs by Commissioner of Highways