2014 Virginia Code
Title 33.1 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
§ 33.1-379. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Prohibition of such signs

It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or maintain alongside, or in plain view of, any public highway any false or misleading sign of any kind or character purporting to furnish travel information relating to place or direction. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or maintain alongside, or in plain view of, any public highway any sign of any kind or character purporting to furnish travel information relating to merchandise or services unless the design of such sign, the information thereon, and the location thereof, be approved in writing by the Commissioner of Highways; provided, however, that the provisions of this section as to merchandise and service shall not:

(1) Apply to or restrict the right of any person to post, display, erect or maintain on any store, dwelling house or other building, together with so much land therewith as shall be necessary for the convenience, use and enjoyment thereof, or on any mercantile appliances, contrivances or machinery annexed or immediately adjacent thereto, any sign advertising goods, merchandise, property, real or personal, business services, entertainment or amusements actually and in good faith manufactured, produced, bought, sold, conducted, furnished or dealt in on the premises;

(2) Limit or restrict the publication of official notices by or under the direction of any public or court officer in the performance of his official or directed duties;

(3) Limit or restrict notice of sale by a trustee under a deed of trust, deed of assignment, or other similar instrument; or

(4) Apply to or restrict the right of any property owner, his agent, lessee or tenant to maintain any sign offering to the public farm products, including livestock of every kind, or board or lodging or similar entertainment, or of the sale, rental or lease of the property.

Nothing in this section shall limit the right of any person, firm or corporation to erect signs which advertise natural scenic attractions in the Commonwealth.

Code 1950, § 33-325; 1970, c. 322.