No person shall place, erect or maintain any advertising sign, signboard or device of any character upon or over the right-of-way or right-of-way fences of any public highway within this state outside of the limits of any incorporated city, town or village.
History: Laws 1929, ch. 123, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 64-2002; 1941 Comp., § 58-709; Laws 1953, ch. 92, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 55-7-9.
State highway department (now department of transportation) has adequate authority to clear away all unauthorized signs upon the highway right-of-way. 1952 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 52-5506.
State can regulate or prohibit signboards from property abutting the highway as a valid exercise of the police power. Of course, the law must be reasonable and bear a substantial relation to the welfare and safety of the public. 1955 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 55-6082.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 288.
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