17-22-1 Legislative finding
17-22-2 Definitions
17-22-3 Certain outdoor advertising prohibited; when removal required
17-22-4 General restrictions as to outdoor advertising
17-22-5 Payment of compensation upon removal of advertising signs, displays or devices
17-22-6 Purchase or condemnation; powers of Commissioner of Highways; payment to claimants
17-22-7 Exceptions to prohibited signs; standards for excepted signs
17-22-8 Exempted areas; agreements between Commissioner of Highways and United States Secretary of Transportation
17-22-9 Signs, displays and devices providing information for the traveling public; location
17-22-10 Special fund
17-22-11 Enforcement of provisions by commissioner; rules and regulations
17-22-12 Territory to which article applies; entries for examinations and surveys
17-22-13 Licenses required; application; expiration; exceptions; revocations; judicial review
17-22-14 Bond of out-of-state licensee
17-22-15 Permit required for each sign, etc.; applications; refusal of permits; expiration and renewal; change of advertising copy; revocation; fee; judicial review
17-22-16 Permit identification number for signs; fastening to signs
17-22-17 Removal of signs, etc., after expiration or revocation of permit
17-22-18 Removal, defacing, etc., signs lawfully within highway limits
17-22-19 Consent of property owner for erection
17-22-20 Disposition of fees
17-22-21 Prohibited signs not to be allowed by other agencies, etc
17-22-22 Penalties; signs in violation of article declared nuisance; abatement
17-22-23 Availability of funds to compensate for required removal of signs, etc
17-22-24 Effective date
17-22-25 Separability

Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 17 > Article 22 - Outdoor Advertising

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • device: shall mean any card, cloth, paper, metal or wooden advertising emblem or sign of any kind or character, which is posted, stuck, glued, tacked, nailed, painted or otherwise fastened or affixed to or upon any fence, post, tree or thing other than an advertising sign or structure. See West Virginia Code 17-22-2
  • display: shall mean any poster, bill, printing, writing, drawing, painting, or advertising material of any kind or character whatsoever, designed and intended to draw the attention of the public to any goods, merchandise, property, real or personal, business service, entertainment or amusement, produced, bought, sold, conducted, furnished, or dealt in by any person, which is placed, posted, painted, tacked, nailed, glued or otherwise affixed or fastened to any advertising sign or structure, or otherwise displayed outdoors. See West Virginia Code 17-22-2
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Judgment: includes decrees and orders for the payment of money, or the conveyance or delivery of land or personal property, or some interest therein, or any undertaking, bond or recognizance which has the legal effect of a judgment. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Offense: includes every act or omission for which a fine, forfeiture, or punishment is imposed by law. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: shall include an individual, partnership, association, or corporation. See West Virginia Code 17-22-2
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereto and interests therein, except chattel interests. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • sign: shall mean any structure erected for advertising purposes upon which any poster, bill, printing, writing, drawing, painting, or advertising material of any kind or character whatsoever, may be placed, posted, painted, tacked, nailed, glued or otherwise fastened, affixed or displayed. See West Virginia Code 17-22-2
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10