{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17c-3-8","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 17C-3-8","heading":"Display of unauthorized devices, signs, etc.; such devices, etc., declared nuisance and subject to removal.","body":"(a) No local authority or person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized traffic- control device or traffic-control signal, or any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic-control device bearing thereon any commercial advertising. This shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highway of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.\n(b) Every such prohibited device, signal, sign or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the state road commissioner or other authority having jurisdiction over the highway is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.","path":["CHAPTER 17C. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND LAWS OF THE ROAD.","ARTICLE 3. TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS AND MARKINGS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17C-3-8/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:24:21Z","sha256":"61277b328a6c8598d0d418d99984ef822b5002f14b79d509144386b9036bcf4b","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17c-3-7","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17c-3-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}