NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-126 (2026)

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This Article may be cited as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act. (1967, c. 1248, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases, 1975–2007 · leading case: Morris Commc'ns Corp. v. Bd. of Adjustment for Gastonia, 583 S.E.2d 419 (N.C. Ct. App. 2003).
Morris Commc'ns Corp. v. Bd. of Adjustment for Gastonia, 583 S.E.2d 419 (N.C. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “(5) The ordinance purports to regulate a field for which a State or federal statute clearly shows a legislative intent to provide a complete and integrated regulatory scheme to the exclusion of local regulation.”
Nat'l Advert. Co. v. North Carolina Dep't of Transp., 478 S.E.2d 248 (N.C. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “section 136-126 et. seq. require the DOT to pay just compensation for its sign.”
Whiteco Indus., Inc. v. Harrelson, 434 S.E.2d 229 (N.C. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “In Whiteco, the Court held that petitioner’s permit was properly revoked under the Outdoor Advertising Control Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 136-126 to 140 (1986 and Supp.”
PNE AOA Media, L.L.C. v. Jackson Cnty., 554 S.E.2d 657 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “Preemption PNE first argues that the Jackson County sign moratorium preempted North Carolina’s Outdoor Advertising Control Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-126 , et. seq. (1999), because it cut short the statutory thirty-day right to cure defects in outdoor advertising provided *475…”
Capital Outdoor, Inc. v. Tolson, 582 S.E.2d 717 (N.C. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “The regulation at issue was promulgated by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (“NCDOT”) pursuant to the Outdoor Advertising Control Act (“OACA”), codified at N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-126 (2001). The OACA was passed in 1967 to control the placement, maintenance, and…”
Lamar Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. City of Hendersonville Zoning Bd. of Adjustment, 573 S.E.2d 637 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “The General Assembly has conferred upon cities the power to enact ordinances to “define, prohibit, regulate, or abate acts, omissions, or conditions, detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of its citizens and the peace and dignity of the city .”
Ace-Hi, Inc. v. Dep't of Transp., 319 S.E.2d 294 (N.C. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “III The Outdoor Advertising Control Act (OACA), codified at N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 136-126 to -140 (1981 and Supp.”
R. O. Givens, Inc. v. Town of Nags Head, 294 S.E.2d 388 (N.C. Ct. App. 1982). “Thus the trial court was required to consider the scope of the state Outdoor Advertising Control Act, G.S. 136-126, adopted by our legislature to implement the Federal Highway Beautification Act, 23 U.”
Naegele Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. Harrelson, 434 S.E.2d 244 (N.C. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 3× “Analysis of this issue involves examination of the inter-relationship, if any, between the Outdoor Advertising Control Act, N.C.G.S. §§ 136-126 to -140 (hereafter “OACA”), and the Junkyard Control Act, N.”
Whiteco Indus., Inc. v. Harrington, 434 S.E.2d 234 (N.C. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “In Whiteco Metrocom, this Court held that petitioner’s permit was properly revoked under the Outdoor Advertising Control Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 136-126 to -140 (1986 and Supp.”
Lamar OCI South Corp. v. Stanly Cnty. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment, 650 S.E.2d 37 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 4× “Preemption Lamar argues that the County's zoning ordinance prohibiting the relocation of the billboard is preempted by the North Carolina Outdoor Advertising Control Act ("OACA"), N.C. Gen.Stat. § 136-126 et seq., and corresponding DOT regulations.”
Days Inn of Am., Inc. v. Bd. of Transp., 211 S.E.2d 864 (N.C. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 2× “Respondents’ Appeal Respondents’ appeal presents the question of whether the Outdoor Advertising Control Act, G.S. 136-126 et seq., became effective on 17 July 1972.”
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