§ 31-13-10. Unauthorized signs and devices prohibited.
(a) 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 upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing on it any commercial advertising without the consent of the chief of police of the city or town in which the highway is located. This shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
(b) Every prohibited sign, signal, or marking 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.
History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 22, § 8; P.L. 1953, ch. 3207, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-13-10.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-13 - Traffic Control Devices
Section 31-13-1. - State traffic commission — Manual of traffic control devices.
Section 31-13-2. - Devices on state highways.
Section 31-13-3. - Devices on local highways.
Section 31-13-4. - Obedience to devices.
Section 31-13-5. - Signs prerequisite to enforcement of provisions.
Section 31-13-6. - Meaning of traffic control signals.
Section 31-13-7. - Signals at places other than intersections.
Section 31-13-8. - Pedestrian control signals.
Section 31-13-9. - Flashing signals.
Section 31-13-10. - Unauthorized signs and devices prohibited.
Section 31-13-10.1. - Traffic control signal preemption devices.
Section 31-13-11. - Injury to signs and devices.
Section 31-13-12. - Traffic control near road construction and maintenance operation.
Section 31-13-13. - Hospital sign indicating emergency treatment facility.