Terms Used In Michigan Laws 252.321

  • Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 252.302
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, private association, or corporation, state, county, city, village, township, charter township, or other public or municipal association or corporation. See Michigan Laws 252.302
  • Sign: means any outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing, whether placed individually or on a T-type, V-type, back to back, or double-faced display, that is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform. See Michigan Laws 252.302
  • Sign structure: means the assembled components that make up an outdoor advertising display, including, but not limited to, uprights, supports, facings, and trim. See Michigan Laws 252.302
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  Except as otherwise provided in section 7, a person who erects or maintains any sign or sign structure or other object for outdoor advertising subject to the provisions of this act without complying with this act is liable for a penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each violation which shall be paid into the state trunk line fund. Penalties shall be sued for, by and in the name of the department and shall be recoverable with the reasonable costs thereof in the district or circuit court in the county where the person maintains his principal place of business or in the county where the signs erected or maintained without complying with this act are located. A person who falsely misrepresents information submitted in a permit form pursuant to section 6 is guilty of a misdemeanor. A sign erected or maintained under a permit falsely secured in such a manner shall be deemed to be abandoned and is not eligible for removal compensation.