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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 388<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":151333,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57072,"identifier":"15.2-109","token":"15.2\/I\/1\/15.2-109","url":"\/15.2-109\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-109\/","token":"15.2\/I\/1\/15.2-109","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulations on political campaign signs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-109","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No locality<\/span> shall have the authority to prohibit the display of political campaign signs on private property if the signs are in compliance with zoning and right-of-way restrictions applicable to temporary nonpolitical signs, if the signs have been posted with the permission of the owner. The provisions of this section shall supersede the provisions of any local ordinance<\/span> or regulation in conflict with this section. This section shall have no effect upon the regulations of the Virginia Department of Transportation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATIONS ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SIGNS (\u00a7 15.2-109)\n\nNo locality shall have the authority to prohibit the display of political\ncampaign signs on private property if the signs are in compliance with zoning\nand right-of-way restrictions applicable to temporary nonpolitical signs, if the\nsigns have been posted with the permission of the owner. The provisions of this\nsection shall supersede the provisions of any local ordinance or regulation in\nconflict with this section. This section shall have no effect upon the\nregulations of the Virginia Department of Transportation.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 388.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}