Delaware § 505 - Selling of nonuniform traffic-control devices; penalty.

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§ 505. Selling of nonuniform traffic-control devices; penalty.

Whoever sells or offers for sale for use on any public highway in this State any traffic-control device which does not conform to the Delaware Manual on Uniform Traffic-Control Devices for Division of Highways shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $1,000 and shall make restitution to the purchaser in an amount equal to the entire sum originally paid for the device or devices. In the event a sale consists of the sale of more than 1 separate device, each sale of each separate device shall constitute a violation of this section.

Code 1852, §§  1081, 1082;  Code 1915, §  1568;  Code 1935, §  1661;  17 Del. C. 1953, §  505;  60 Del. Laws, c. 700, §  1; 

Source: official Delaware text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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