W. Va. Code § 17-22-18
Removal, defacing, etc., signs lawfully within highway limits
West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 17 — Roads and Highways · Status: effective
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- W. Va. Code § 17-22-18, Removal, defacing, etc., signs lawfully within highway limits, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2369374
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Any person who willfully or maliciously displaces, removes, destroys or injures a mile-board, milestone, danger-sign, signal, guide-sign, guidepost, highway sign, or historical marker or any inscription thereon, lawfully within or adjacent to a highway, or who in any manner paints, prints, places, puts or affixes any advertisement upon or to any rock, stone, tree, fence, stump, pole, mile-board, milestone, danger-sign, guide-sign, guidepost, highway sign, historical marker, building or other subject lawfully within the limits of any highway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, shall be punished accordingly.