Ohio Code § 5589.33
Ohio Code § 5589.33. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5589.33.
Except as provided in this section and in section 5515.04 of the Revised Code , no person shall place within the limits of the right-of-way or affix any sign, poster,
or advertisement to any tree or utility pole within the right-of-way of any public
highway outside of municipal corporations. No person, organization, corporation, or group shall place within the limits of
the right-of-way any object as determined by the department of transportation to obscure
sight distance. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the erection and maintaining
of notices of the existence and location of public utility facilities under or upon
the highway and warnings against disturbing such facilities, or of notices that emergency
or other public telephones are available for users of the highway at specified locations
upon or near the highway.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5589.33
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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