Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 479.12 (2025)

Outdoor advertising on highways.

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479.12 Outdoor advertising on highways.Any person who willfully or maliciously displaces, removes, destroys or injures a mileboard, milestone, danger sign, signal, guide sign, guidepost, highway sign, or historical marker or any inscription thereon, lawfully within or adjacent to a highway, or who in any manner paints, prints, places, puts or affixes any advertisement upon or to any rock, stone, tree, fence, stump, pole, mileboard, milestone, danger sign, guide sign, guidepost, highway sign, historical marker, buildings, barns or other object lawfully within the limits of any highway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 10, ch. 20446, 1941; s. 429, ch. 71-136; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 25, 26, ch. 84-227; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 479.12

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§479.12DAMAGE PROP-CRIM MISCHDESTROY DISPLACE HIGHWAY MILEBOARD SIGN ETCM · 2nd
§479.12PROPERTY CRIMESUNLAWFUL ADVERTISE ON MILEBOARD HIGHWAY SIGNM · 2nd

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