304.321. Unauthorized signal devices prohibited--trafficway not to be used for signs--nuisances declared. - Missouri Statutes

Unauthorized signal devices prohibited--trafficway not to be used forsigns--nuisances declared.

304.321. 1. No person shall place, maintain or display uponor in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, markingor device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resemblesan official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, orwhich attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hidesfrom view or interferes with the effectiveness of an officialtraffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.

2. No person shall place or maintain nor shall any publicauthority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signalbearing thereon any commercial advertising unless authorized bythe Missouri highways and transportation commission.

3. This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erectionupon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving usefuldirectional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken forofficial signs.

4. Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is herebydeclared to be a public nuisance.

(L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 6)