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§ 21-205. Signs, signals, markings, or devices imitating actual traffic control devices or rail...

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportation

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 21. Vehicle Laws--Rules of the Road (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 2. Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-205
§ 21-205. Signs, signals, markings, or devices imitating actual traffic control devices or railroad signs or signals prohibited
Currentness
In general
(a) A person may not place, maintain, or display on or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device that purports to be, is an imitation of, or resembles a traffic control device or a railroad sign or signal.
Signs, signals, markings, or devices attempting to direct movement of traffic
(b) A person may not place, maintain, or display on or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device that attempts to direct the movement of traffic.
Obstruction or interference with railroad signs or signals
(c) A person may not place, maintain, or display on or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device that hides or interferes with the effectiveness of a traffic control device or a railroad sign or signal.
Content of unauthorized signs, signals, markings, or devices
(d) A person may not place, maintain, or display on or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device that, except as otherwise permitted by law, contains:
(1) Any of the following words: “stop”, “curve”, “warning”, “slow”, “danger”, “listen”, “look”, or “school”; or
(2) Any other word used in directing the movement of traffic.
Traffic signs or signals containing commercial advertising prohibited
(e) A person may not place or maintain on any highway nor may any public authority permit on any highway any traffic sign or signal that has any commercial advertising on it.
Signs on private property containing useful directional information
(f) This section does not prohibit the placement on private property adjacent to a highway of a sign giving useful directional information, if the sign is of a type that cannot be mistaken for an official sign and is placed with the approval of the State Highway Administration.
Prohibited signs, signals, markings or devices a public nuisance
(g) Each sign, signal, marking, or device prohibited by this section is a public nuisance, and the authority that has jurisdiction over the highway may remove it without notice.

Credits

Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 472, § 1.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 11-205; Art. 89B, § 103.
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-205, MD TRANS § 21-205
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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