No person shall place, maintain, or display upon, or in view of, any highway any unofficial sign, signal, device, or marking, or any sign, signal, device, or marking which purports to be or is an imitation of, or resembles, an official traffic control device or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view any official traffic control device.
Cal. Veh. Code § 21465
Offenses Relating to Traffic Devices
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 7 Cal. App. 3d 799 - Nevarez v. Thriftimart, Inc. (1970)
Most recently applied in 3 Cal. 5th 1077 - Vasilenko v. Grace Family Church (November 2017)
Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 486.
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