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2023 SESSION


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-832 of the Code of Virginia, relating to damaging or removing temporary work signs; penalty.
[H 1712]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-832 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-832. Damaging or removing traffic control devices, work signs, or street address signs.

Any person who intentionally defaces, damages, knocks down, or without authorization interferes with the effective operation of, or removes any (i) traffic control device, (ii) temporary sign approved by the Department of Transportation warning motorists that work is in progress on or adjacent to the highway or that certain vehicles may be entering the highway, or a (iii) street address sign posted to assist in address identification in connection with enhanced 9-1-1 service as defined in § 56-484.12 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.