North Carolina General Statutes
Article 11 - Outdoor Advertising Control Act.
§ 136-135 - Enforcement provisions.

136-135. Enforcement provisions.
Any person, firm, corporation or association, placing, erecting or maintaining outdoor advertising along the interstate system or primary system in violation of this Article or rules adopted by the Department of Transportation shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. In addition thereto, the Department of Transportation may seek injunctive relief in the Superior Court of Wake County or of the county where the outdoor advertising is located and require the outdoor advertising to conform to the provisions of this Article or rules adopted pursuant hereto, or require the removal of the said illegal outdoor advertising. (1967, c. 1248, s. 10; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1975, c. 568, s. 14; 1977, c. 464, s. 32; 1993, c. 539, s. 998; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1999-404, s. 4.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 136 - Transportation

Article 11 - Outdoor Advertising Control Act.

§ 136-126 - Title of Article.

§ 136-127 - Declaration of policy.

§ 136-128 - Definitions.

§ 136-129 - Limitations of outdoor advertising devices.

§ 136-129.1 - Limitations of outdoor advertising devices beyond 660 feet.

§ 136-129.2 - Limitation of outdoor advertising devices adjacent to scenic highways, State and National Parks, historic areas and other places.

§ 136-130 - Regulation of advertising.

§ 136-131 - Removal of existing nonconforming advertising.

§ 136-131.1 - (See editor's note for expiration of section) Just compensation required for the removal of billboards on federal-aid primary highways by local authorities.

§ 136-131.2 - Modernization of outdoor advertising devices.

§ 136-131.5 - Relocation of lawfully existing outdoor advertising sign.

§ 136-132 - Condemnation procedure.

§ 136-133 - Permits required.

§ 136-133.1 - Outdoor advertising vegetation cutting or removal.

§ 136-133.2 - Issuance or denial of a selective vegetation removal permit.

§ 136-133.3 - Appeals of selective vegetation removal permit decisions.

§ 136-133.4 - Selective vegetation removal permits.

§ 136-133.5 - Denial of a permit for proposed outdoor advertising.

§ 136-134 - Illegal advertising.

§ 136-134.1 - Judicial review.

§ 136-134.2 - Notification requirements.

§ 136-135 - Enforcement provisions.

§ 136-136 - Zoning changes.

§ 136-137 - Information directories.

§ 136-138 - Agreements with United States authorized.

§ 136-139 - Alternate control.

§ 136-140 - Availability of federal aid funds.

§ 136-140.1 - Adopt-A-Highway.