§ 24-01-12 — Regulation of advertising signs on highways

No person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company may place, put, or maintain any
sign, billboard, or advertisement within the limits of a public highway, or in any manner paint,
print, place, put, or affix, or cause to be painted, printed, placed, or affixed, any advertisement
on or to any stone, tree, fence, stump, pole, mileboard, milestone, danger sign, danger signal,
guide sign, guidepost, billboard, building, or other object within the limits of a public highway, or
place, put or maintain any sign or billboard upon private property within one thousand feet
[304.8 meters] of any highway grade crossing in such place or manner as to obstruct or interfere

with a free and clear view of such crossing from any highway or railroad intersecting thereat.
None of the provisions of this section prohibit the placing of public notices on billboards erected
for that purpose by authority of the governing body of a municipality. Any advertisement in or
upon a public highway or private property which, in the judgment of the director, may be
deemed to be a hazard to traffic, or in the future may tend to create a hazard to traffic, may be
taken down, removed, or destroyed by direction or authority of the department in the case of the
state highway system, by the board of county commissioners in the case of the county road
system, and by the board of township supervisors in the case of township roads.