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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)

18 Pa.C.S. § 6905: Nails and other hard substances attached to utility poles.

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  1. Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
  2. PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES
  3. ARTICLE G MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
  4. CHAPTER 69 PUBLIC UTILITIES

(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a summary offense if he drives a nail or tack or attaches any metal or hard substance to or into any pole of any public utility pole line.

(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:

(1) the public utility or its licensee using the poles from affixing its metal or other markers or from otherwise using the poles in its public service; or

(2) the erecting traffic signs and other signs similar thereto by a municipality when authorized by statute or by the owner of such poles.

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