                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ROADSIDE MEMORIALS; PENALTY (§ 33.2-216)

A. The Board shall establish regulations regarding size, distance from the
roadway, and other safety concerns to govern the installation, maintenance, 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 highway.

B. Any person who installs any plaque, device, sign, object, material, or other
memorial within the right-of-way of any highway controlled by the Department
except in accordance with criteria established as provided in this section may
be assessed a civil penalty of no more than $100. Each occurrence shall be
subject to a separate penalty. All civil penalties collected under this section
shall be paid into the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund established
pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-1530.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 96, § 33.1-206.1; 2014, c. 805.