Alabama § 13A-8-71 - Possession of Traffic Sign; Notification; Destruction, Defacement, Etc., of Traffic Sign or Traffic Control Device; Defacement of Public Building or Property.
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§ 13A-8-71. Possession of Traffic Sign; Notification; Destruction, Defacement, Etc., of Traffic Sign or Traffic Control Device; Defacement of Public Building or Property.
(a) No person may unlawfully possess any traffic sign erected by the state, a county, or a municipality.
(b) Any person who voluntarily notifies a law enforcement agency of the presence on their property of a traffic sign shall not be guilty of violating the provisions of subsection (a).
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally destroy, knock down, remove, deface, or alter any letters or figures on a traffic sign, or in any way damage any traffic control device, erected on a highway, public road, or right of way of this state, by the Department of Transportation, a county, or municipality.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally deface any public building or public property.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13A-8-71 ("Possession of Traffic Sign; Notification; Destruction, Defacement, Etc., of Traffic Sign or Traffic Control Device; Defacement of Public Building or Property.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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