{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-56-408","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 56-408","heading":"Signs similar to crossing signs prohibited","body":"No device or sign which is in the form of a railroad crossing signboard shall be erected or permitted to remain on or near any of the public roads of this Commonwealth, except as required by § 56-405.2.Any person who shall erect such a device or sign, as aforesaid, and every sign owner who shall permit such a device or sign to remain on or near the public roads of this Commonwealth, and every landowner or tenant in possession who shall knowingly permit such a sign to remain on his land in view of any public road, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100.1918, p. 128; Michie Code 1942, § 3985a; 1956, c. 164.","path":["Title 56. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES","Chapter 13. RAILROAD CORPORATIONS","Article 6. HIGHWAY CROSSINGS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/56-408/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:34Z","sha256":"2be27454ffdab3ba12b8318fdeaeb9e2a0c3c49aa2639a004c430b03ab12217e","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-56-407","next":"us-va/va.-code-56-409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}