North Dakota Code 24-17-02 – Definitions
1. “Commissioner” shall mean the director of the department of transportation of this state or authorized agents as provided in section 24-02-01.3.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 24-17-02
- Department: means the department of transportation of this state as provided by section 24-02-01. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
- Director: means the director of the department of transportation of this state, acting directly or through authorized agents as provided in section 24-02-01. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
- paper: means any flexible material upon which it is usual to write. See North Dakota Code 1-01-27
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State highway system: means the system of state principal roads designated by the director of the department, the responsibility for which is lodged in the department. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1
2. “Erect” means to construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw, or in any other way bring into being or establish.
3. “Maintain” means to exist.
4. “Outdoor advertising” means a sign, display, or device of any kind or character including statuary, erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes, upon which any poster, bill, printing, painting, or other advertisement of any kind whatsoever may be placed for advertising purposes and shall include but not be limited to any card, cloth, paper, metal, painted, or wooden sign of any character placed for outdoor advertising purposes, on or affixed to the ground or any tree, wall, bush, rock, fence, building, structure, or thing, either privately or publicly owned. The terms “sign, display, or device” comprehend all forms of outdoor advertising and the use of one such term in this chapter includes all forms of outdoor advertising.
5. “Political sign” means a temporary sign erected on private property, which includes signs which solicit votes or support for, or in opposition to, any candidate or any political party under whose designation any candidate is seeking nomination or election. Political signs may also contain messages concerning any public question on the ballot in an election held under the laws of the state. Political signs do not include signs which have been issued a legal billboard permit by a city, county, or the state of North Dakota.
6. “State highway system” shall mean the state highway system as defined in subsection 45 of section 24-01-01.1.