Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 393 - Outdoor Signs On Public Rights-of-way

• Texas Section 393.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "sign" means an outdoor sign, display, light, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, or other thing designed, intended, or used to...
• Texas Section 393.002 - Sign Placement Prohibited
  Except as provided by Sections 393.0025 and 393.0026, a person may not place a sign on the right-of-way of a public road unless the placement...
• Texas Section 393.0025 - Municipal Authority To Regulate Sign Placement
  (a) A person may not place a sign on the right-of-way of a road or highway maintained by a municipality unless the placement is authorized...
• Texas Section 393.0026 - Exception
  (a) This chapter does not apply to a temporary directional sign or kiosk erected by a political subdivision as part of a program approved by...
• Texas Section 393.003 - Confiscation, Notice, And Public Auction
  (a) A sheriff, constable, or other trained volunteer authorized by the commissioners court of a county may confiscate a sign placed in violation of Section...
• Texas Section 393.004 - Exemption From Notice Requirements
  (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may: (1) determine types of signs that are unlikely to be reclaimed if confiscated; and (2)...
• Texas Section 393.005 - Placement Of Unauthorized Sign; Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person places a sign in violation of this chapter. (b) An offense under this section is a...
• Texas Section 393.006 - Defense
  It is a defense to prosecution or suit under this chapter that the defendant was a candidate for an elective public office and the sign...
• Texas Section 393.007 - Civil Penalty
  (a) A person who places or commissions the placement of a sign on the right-of-way of a public road that is not otherwise authorized by...

Last modified: September 28, 2016