Tennessee Code 54-21-109 – Damage, destruction, or removal of signs or markers on state highway system
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-21-109
- Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-21-102
- Erect: means to construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw, or in any other way bring into being or establish, but does not apply to changes of copy treatment on an existing outdoor advertising device. See Tennessee Code 54-21-102
- Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Person: means and includes an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, or other entity. See Tennessee Code 54-21-102
- Sign: means an outdoor sign, light, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing which is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform any part of the advertising or informative contents of which is visible from any place on the main traveled way of an interstate system or primary system. See Tennessee Code 54-21-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
A person shall not erect any sign, or affix another sign to or on any sign erected under the authority of the department, on any right-of-way of any state highway without authorization from the department.