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Whenever the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> determines that a sign gives incorrect information in violation of this article, he shall notify the person who erected such sign and the person on whose property it is located, in writing, to remove it immediately, and if it is not removed within 10 days after receipt of such notice, the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall remove and destroy such sign, or cause it to be removed and destroyed, without liability for damages<\/span> therefor, and if any person convicted of erecting or maintaining any such sign, or of permitting the same to be erected or maintained, as provided in this article shall fail or refuse to remove such sign within 10 days after such judgment<\/span> of conviction<\/span>, the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall remove and destroy such sign without liability for damages<\/span>.<\/p>

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