Maine § 23 §1153 -- highways; jurisdiction; removal

Maine Statutes

§ 23 §1153 — -- highways; jurisdiction; removal

Maine § 23 §1153

Title 23TRANSPORTATION

Part 1STATE HIGHWAY LAW

Ch. 15PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 23, § 23 §1153 (2026).

Text

1.Erecting advertisement on highway. A person may not post, erect, display or maintain or cause to be posted, erected, displayed or maintained a sign, billboard, panel, placard, poster, notice or other advertising device in, upon or above any highway or so situated with respect to any highway as to obstruct clear vision of an intersecting highway or highways or otherwise so situated as to prevent the safe use or obstruct the maintenance of the highway. The highway is deemed the full width of the road as laid out by the State, county or the town and in any case is deemed to extend 33 feet from each side of the center line of the traveled or built-up portion of the way.

2.Application. This section does not apply to the State or to a political subdivision of the State or to signs erected or

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1.
Erecting advertisement on highway.
A person may not post, erect, display or maintain or cause to be posted, erected, displayed or maintained a sign, billboard, panel, placard, poster, notice or other advertising device in, upon or above any highway or so situated with respect to any highway as to obstruct clear vision of an intersecting highway or highways or otherwise so situated as to prevent the safe use or obstruct the maintenance of the highway. The highway is deemed the full width of the road as laid out by the State, county or the town and in any case is deemed to extend 33 feet from each side of the center line of the traveled or built-up portion of the way.
2.
Application.
This section does not apply to the State or to a political subdivision of the State or to signs erected or maintained with the approval of the department solely for the purpose of safeguarding, facilitating or protecting travel along the highway.
3.
Penalties.
The following penalties apply to violations of this section.
4.
Removal.
The State Police shall remove all signs, billboards, panels, placards, posters, notices or other advertising devices existing within the limits of the highway in violation of this section.