§ 136-32. Other than official signs prohibited.
§136‑32. Other than official signs prohibited.
No unauthorized person shallerect or maintain upon any highway any warning or direction sign, marker,signal or light or imitation of any official sign, marker, signal or lighterected under the provisions of G.S. 136‑30, except in cases ofemergency. No person shall erect or maintain upon any highway any traffic orhighway sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising: Provided,nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the erection ormaintenance of signs, markers, or signals bearing thereon the name of anorganization authorized to erect the same by the Department of Transportationor by any local authority referred to in G.S. 136‑31. Any person whoshall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class1 misdemeanor. The Department of Transportation may remove any signs erectedwithout authority. (1921, c. 2, s. 9(b); C.S., s. 3846(r); 1927, c. 148,ss. 56, 58; 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977,c. 464, s. 7.1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1030, s. 39; 1993, c. 539, s. 981;1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)