California · Streets and Highways Code - SHC

SHC §724: Unless the encroachment is authorized under Article 2 (commencing with Section 670), any person owning, controlling, or placing, or causing or suffering to exist, any encroachment within any state hig

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if they own, control, place, or allow an unauthorized encroachment within a state highway after receiving notice to remove it.

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Unless the encroachment is authorized under Article 2 (commencing with Section 670), any person owning, controlling, or placing, or causing or suffering to exist, any encroachment within any state highway after the service upon that person of the notice, in the manner provided in Section 720, is, in addition to any civil liability therefor, guilty of a misdemeanor.

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