P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 5227

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§ 5227. Unauthorized signals and markings

No person shall place, maintain or display any light, sign, notice, sign, advertisements of any sort, or devices or artifacts that purport to be or is an imitation, or appears to be any apparatus or device for the official control of traffic, or that has the purpose of directing traffic flow, or that conceals or interferes with the visibility or effectiveness of any official traffic control apparatus or device, on any public road or in places that are visible from a public road.

Every sign, signal, warning, light or markings prohibited in the above subsections are hereby declared public nuisances, and the authority with jurisdiction over the public road where they are installed is authorized to remove them.

Fines issued to any driver who violates the provisions of this section, shall be covered into the special account of the Traffic Ordinance Corps for its best operation.

History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 8.07; June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 8, eff. 8 months after June 3, 2004.