{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17-22-18","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 17-22-18","heading":"Removal, defacing, etc., signs lawfully within highway limits.","body":"Any person who willfully or maliciously displaces, removes, destroys or injures a mile-board, milestone, danger-sign, signal, guide-sign, guidepost, highway sign, or historical marker or any inscription thereon, lawfully within or adjacent to a highway, or who in any manner paints, prints, places, puts or affixes any advertisement upon or to any rock, stone, tree, fence, stump, pole, mile-board, milestone, danger-sign, guide-sign, guidepost, highway sign, historical marker, building or other subject lawfully within the limits of any highway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, shall be punished accordingly.","path":["CHAPTER 17. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.","ARTICLE 22. OUTDOOR ADVERTISING."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17-22-18/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:24:07Z","sha256":"d534d40d2b3e593c6848b90b119928b52eee4fd76873861379ab641254bbd8b0","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17-22-17","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17-22-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}