{"data":{"id":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-6905","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"18 Pa.C.S. § 6905","heading":"Nails and other hard substances attached to utility poles.","body":"(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.\n(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:\n(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\n(2) the erecting traffic signs and other signs similar thereto by a municipality when authorized by statute or by the owner of such poles.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES","ARTICLE G MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES","CHAPTER 69 PUBLIC UTILITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=18\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=69\u0026sctn=5\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:28Z","sha256":"fe01e5e10fb30ee2bd2a23735a96948b561fe888583882f498cb6bfa45301843","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-6904","next":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-6906"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}