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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-8-196. Use of standard signs for highway crossings and for advertising or other purposes; mutilation, destruction, and defacement of standard signs; removal of unauthorized signs by county authorities.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-8-196. Use of standard signs for highway crossings and for advertising or other purposes; mutilation, destruction, and defacement of standard signs; removal of unauthorized signs by county authorities.

(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to designate a standard sign or signs and to require the use of same by railroad companies to indicate crossings of public highways across railroads. It shall be unlawful for any person to use a sign similar thereto for advertising or for any other purpose; and it shall be unlawful to mutilate, destroy, or deface any crossing sign. The county authorities in charge of the roads of any county where a sign is erected contrary to this law shall have the duty of removing and destroying that sign.

(b) Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $50.00 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 12 months, or both.

## History

Ga. L. 1918, p. 268, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 94-511, 94-9906; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 46; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 46(70)(W)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Cross References

Promulgation by Department of Transportation of uniform regulations governing signs and signals, on public roads, and as to erection, placement, or maintenance of unauthorized signs and signals, §§ 32-6-50, 32-6-51.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “commission” for “Public Service Commission” in the first sentence of subsection (a).