Every permit issued by the commissioner shall be assigned a separate identification number and each permittee shall fasten to each advertising sign or device and each advertising display not posted on an advertising sign a label or marker not larger than two inches by six inches, which shall be furnished by the commissioner, and on which shall be plainly visible the permit number, the expiration date of the permit and the name of the permittee. Permittees shall be charged $5 for each label or marker issued. The construction, erection, operation, use or maintenance of an outdoor advertising sign, display or device without having affixed to it a label or marker shall be prima facie evidence that it has been constructed or erected and is being operated, used or maintained in violation of the provisions of this article.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 17. Roads and Highways
Article 22. Outdoor Advertising
§17-22-3. Certain Outdoor Advertising Prohibited; When Removal Required
§17-22-4. General Restrictions as to Outdoor Advertising
§17-22-5. Payment of Compensation Upon Removal of Advertising Signs, Displays or Devices
§17-22-6. Purchase or Condemnation; Powers of Commissioner of Highways; Payment to Claimants
§17-22-7. Exceptions to Prohibited Signs; Standards for Excepted Signs
§17-22-9. Signs, Displays and Devices Providing Information for the Traveling Public; Location
§17-22-11. Enforcement of Provisions by Commissioner; Rules and Regulations
§17-22-12. Territory to Which Article Applies; Entries for Examinations and Surveys
§17-22-13. Licenses Required; Application; Expiration; Exceptions; Revocations; Judicial Review
§17-22-14. Bond of Out-of-State Licensee
§17-22-16. Permit Identification Number for Signs; Fastening to Signs
§17-22-17. Removal of Signs, etc., After Expiration or Revocation of Permit
§17-22-18. Removal, Defacing, etc., Signs Lawfully Within Highway Limits
§17-22-19. Consent of Property Owner for Erection
§17-22-20. Disposition of Fees
§17-22-21. Prohibited Signs Not to Be Allowed by Other Agencies, etc.
§17-22-22. Penalties; Signs in Violation of Article Declared Nuisance; Abatement
§17-22-23. Availability of Funds to Compensate for Required Removal of Signs, etc.