Oregon Code § 810.230·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Unlawful sign display; exceptions; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful sign
display if the person does any of the following:
(a) Without
authority under ORS 810.200 or 810.210, places, maintains or displays upon or
in view of any highway any sign, signal, marking or device that:
(A) Purports to
be or is an imitation or resembles an official traffic control device or
railroad sign or signal;
(B) Attempts to
direct the movement of animal, pedestrian, vehicle or any other traffic; or
(C) Hides from
view or interferes with the effectiveness of a traffic control device or
railroad sign or signal.
(b) Places or
maintains upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any
commercial advertising device.
(2) This section
does not prohibit the placing and maintaining of signs, markers or signals
bearing thereon the name of an organization authorized to place the same by the
appropriate public authority.
(3) Every
prohibited sign, signal, marking or device is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance and the authority with jurisdiction over the highway, without notice,
may remove it or cause it to be moved.
(4) The offense
described in this section, unlawful sign display, is a Class B traffic
violation. [1983 c.338 §708; 1985 c.16 §342; 1995 c.383 §41]