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It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 588; in 1960, chapter 406; in 1970, chapter 322; in 1976, chapter 14; in 2012, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0760\">760<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0818\">818<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":87257,"section_number":"33.2-1204","catch_line":"Excepted signs, advertisements, and advertising structures","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1204\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205695,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86362,"identifier":"33.2-1227","token":"33.2\/II\/12\/1\/33.2-1227","url":"\/33.2-1227\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1227\/","token":"33.2\/II\/12\/1\/33.2-1227","dublin_core":{"Title":"Violation a nuisance; abatement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1227","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any sign, advertisement, or advertising structure that is erected, used, maintained, operated, posted, or displayed for which no permit has been obtained where such is required, or after <span class=\"dictionary\">revocation<\/span> or more than 30 days after expiration of a permit, is hereby declared to be a public and private nuisance and may be forthwith removed, obliterated, or abated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span>. 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The Commissioner of Highways may collect the cost of such removal,\nobliteration, or abatement from the person erecting, using, maintaining,\noperating, posting, or displaying such sign, advertisement, or advertising\nstructure.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-321; 1954, c. 588; 1960, c. 406; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7\n33.1-375; 1976, c. 14; 2012, cc. 760, 818; 2014, c. 805.","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}}