# W. Va. Code § 17-22-3: Certain outdoor advertising prohibited; when removal required

> West Virginia · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S3

## Section

- **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 17-22-3
- **Heading:** Certain outdoor advertising prohibited; when removal required
- **Jurisdiction:** West Virginia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** WV Code / Chapter 17 / Article 22 / Section 3

## Text

Except as provided in this article, no outdoor advertising sign, display, or device shall be erected or maintained within six hundred and sixty feet of the nearest edge of and visible as to informative content from the right-of-way of any road within the state road system designated and classified for purposes of allocation of federal highway funds as part of the federal-aid interstate or primary systems: Provided, however, That no outdoor advertising sign, display or device lawfully in existence adjacent to the federal-aid interstate or primary systems on September 1, 1965, which does not conform to the requirements of this article, shall be required to be removed until July 1, 1970: Provided further, That no other sign, display, or device lawfully erected which does not conform to the requirements of this article shall be required to be removed until the end of the fifth year after such sign, display or devices becomes nonconforming.

## Nearby sections

- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-1 §17-22-1. Legislative finding.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S1.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-2 §17-22-2. Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S2.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-3 §17-22-3. Certain outdoor advertising prohibited; when removal required.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S3.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-4 §17-22-4. General restrictions as to outdoor advertising.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S4.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-5 §17-22-5. Payment of compensation upon removal of advertising signs, displays or devices.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S5.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-6 §17-22-6. Purchase or condemnation; powers of Commissioner of Highways; payment to claimants.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S6.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-7 §17-22-7. Exceptions to prohibited signs; standards for excepted signs.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S7.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-8 §17-22-8. Exempted areas; agreements between Commissioner of Highways and United States Secretary of Transportation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S8.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-9 §17-22-9. Signs, displays and devices providing information for the traveling public; location.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S9.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-10 §17-22-10. Special fund.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S10.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-11 §17-22-11. Enforcement of provisions by commissioner; rules and regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S11.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-12 §17-22-12. Territory to which article applies; entries for examinations and surveys.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S12.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-13 §17-22-13. Licenses required; application; expiration; exceptions; revocations; judicial review.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S13.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-22-14 §17-22-14. Bond of out-of-state licensee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A22_S14.md)

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