West Virginia Code § 17-22-22

Penalties; signs in violation of article declared nuisance; abatement
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Any person, violating any provision of this article, whether as principal, agent or employee,
for which violation no other penalty is prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500;
and such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each month during any
portion of which any violation of this article is committed, continued or permeitted. The
erection or maintenance of any outdoor advertising sign, display, or device in violation of
any provision of this article is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, rand in addition to
other remedies provided in this chapter, the state road commissioner or the prosecuting
attorney of the county in which such sign, display, or device is located may apply to the
circuit court, or other court of competent jurisdiction of the county wherein such sign,
display, or device is located, for an injunction to abate such tnuisance.
The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to prevent the payment of just
compensation for signs, displays or devices required to be removed under sections three,
five, six and eight of this article.

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