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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76483</law_id><section_number>33.2-216</section_number><catch_line>Roadside memorials; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>33.2-1530</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="33.2">Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions and Transportation Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Transportation Entities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Commonwealth Transportation Board; Powers and Duties</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall establish regulations regarding size, distance from the <span class="dictionary">roadway</span>, and other safety concerns to govern the installation, <span class="dictionary">maintenance</span>, and removal of roadside memorials, plaques, and other devices placed within the right-of-way that commemorate the memory of persons killed in vehicle crashes within the right-of-way of any state <span class="dictionary">highway</span>. <a id="paragraph-274540" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-216/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person who installs any plaque, device, sign, <span class="dictionary">object</span>, <span class="dictionary">material</span>, or other memorial within the right-of-way of any <span class="dictionary">highway</span> controlled by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> except in accordance with criteria established as provided in this section may be assessed a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of no more than $100. Each occurrence shall be subject to a separate <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>. All civil penalties collected under this section shall be paid into the <span class="dictionary">Highway</span> <span class="dictionary">Maintenance</span> and Operating Fund established pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund" href="/33.2-1530/">33.2-1530</a>. <a id="paragraph-274541" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-216/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, c. 96, &#xA7; 33.1-206.1; 2014, c. 805.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
