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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-130

Regulation of advertising

Known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act

The act spans §§ 136-126 to 136-140.5 (32 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 48 N.C. App. 10 - Advertising Co. v. Bradshaw, SEC. of Transp. (1980)

Most recently applied in 209 N.C. App. 284 - Powell v. North Carolina Department of Transportation (January 2011)

1967, c. 1248, s. 5; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1975, c. 568, s. 7; 1977, c. 464, ss. 7.1, 31; 1993, c. 524, s. 2.

How often courts cite this section

198019902000201110
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

The Department of Transportation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations in the form of ordinances governing:

(1) The erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising permitted in G.S. 136-129,

(2) The erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising permitted in G.S. 136-129.1,

(2a) The erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising permitted in G.S. 136-129.2,

(3) The specific requirements and procedures for obtaining a permit for outdoor advertising as required in G.S. 136-133 and for the administrative procedures for appealing a decision at the agency level to refuse to grant or in revoking a permit previously issued, and

(4) The administrative procedures for appealing a decision at the agency level to declare any outdoor advertising illegal and a nuisance as pursuant to G.S. 136-134, as may be necessary to carry out the policy of the State declared in this Article.

Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.