{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17-22-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 17-22-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article:\nThe word \"sign\" shall mean any structure erected for advertising purposes upon which any poster, bill, printing, writing, drawing, painting, or advertising material of any kind or character whatsoever, may be placed, posted, painted, tacked, nailed, glued or otherwise fastened, affixed or displayed.\nThe word \"display\" shall mean any poster, bill, printing, writing, drawing, painting, or advertising material of any kind or character whatsoever, designed and intended to draw the attention of the public to any goods, merchandise, property, real or personal, business service, entertainment or amusement, produced, bought, sold, conducted, furnished, or dealt in by any person, which is placed, posted, painted, tacked, nailed, glued or otherwise affixed or fastened to any advertising sign or structure, or otherwise displayed outdoors.\nThe word \"device\" shall mean any card, cloth, paper, metal or wooden advertising emblem or sign of any kind or character, which is posted, stuck, glued, tacked, nailed, painted or otherwise fastened or affixed to or upon any fence, post, tree or thing other than an advertising sign or structure.\n\"Person\" shall include an individual, partnership, association, or corporation.","path":["CHAPTER 17. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.","ARTICLE 22. OUTDOOR ADVERTISING."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17-22-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:24:06Z","sha256":"e6e7e61344de1d345dc3ace6a7c65e1eb81a3a8f984a79e888b61ea3af0c2760","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17-22-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17-22-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}