{"data":{"id":"us-pa/75-pa.c.s.-6126","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"75 Pa.C.S. § 6126","heading":"Interference with devices, signs or signals.","body":"(a) General rule.--No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact, alter, twist, obstruct, deface, injure, knock down, remove or interfere with the effective operation of any official traffic-control device, or any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon or any other part thereof. A person shall not intentionally destroy, remove, injure or deface a temporary traffic-control device erected for the purpose of enhancing traffic safety or worker safety in a construction or maintenance workzone. For purposes of this subsection, a traffic-control device includes a cone, tubular marker, delineator, warning light, drum, barricade, sign, sign truck, arrow board or other device specified in an approved traffic-control plan or by department regulations.\n(b) Penalty.--A person who violates this section commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 for each traffic-control device that was destroyed, removed, injured or defaced and to make restitution under 18 Pa.C.S. § 1106 (relating to restitution for injuries to person or property).","path":["Title 75 - VEHICLES","PART V ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT","CHAPTER 61 POWERS OF DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER B TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=75\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=61\u0026sctn=26\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 75 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:35:49Z","sha256":"8663e08079327841ec22a98e54d4dd970b41a1b06bf7c7f3e4fdcda3842526c8","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/75-pa.c.s.-6125","next":"us-pa/75-pa.c.s.-6127"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}