{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/56-408.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/56-408.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/56-408.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/56-408.html"}],"law_id":370368,"edition_id":2,"section_id":370368,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-408","catch_line":"Signs similar to crossing signs prohibited","history":"1918, p. 128; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 3985a; 1956, c. 164.","full_text":"No device or sign which is in the form of a railroad crossing signboard shall be erected or permitted to remain on or near any of the public roads of this Commonwealth, except as required by \u00a7 56-405.2.\n\nAny person who shall erect such a device or sign, as aforesaid, and every sign owner who shall permit such a device or sign to remain on or near the public roads of this Commonwealth, and every landowner or tenant in possession who shall knowingly permit such a sign to remain on his land in view of any public road, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1381557,"text":"No device or sign which is in the form of a railroad crossing signboard shall be erected or permitted to remain on or near any of the public roads of this Commonwealth, except as required by \u00a7 56-405.2.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":""},"1":{"id":1381558,"text":"Any person who shall erect such a device or sign, as aforesaid, and every sign owner who shall permit such a device or sign to remain on or near the public roads of this Commonwealth, and every landowner or tenant in possession who shall knowingly permit such a sign to remain on his land in view of any public road, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"prior_prefix":""}},"ancestry":[{"id":52750,"edition_id":2,"name":"Highway Crossings","identifier":"6","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":6,"parent_id":52743,"metadata":{"child_laws":17,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:04:05","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:42","permalink":{"id":1476609,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52750,"identifier":"6","token":"56\/13\/6","url":"\/56\/13\/6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52743,"edition_id":2,"name":"Railroad Corporations","identifier":"13","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":27,"parent_id":52702,"metadata":{"child_laws":86,"child_structures":11},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:03:58","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:41","permalink":{"id":1476441,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52743,"identifier":"13","token":"56\/13","url":"\/56\/13\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52702,"edition_id":2,"name":"Public Service Companies","identifier":"56","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":121,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":710,"child_structures":93},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:03:25","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:34","permalink":{"id":1475475,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52702,"identifier":"56","token":"56","url":"\/56\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":370363,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-405","catch_line":"Railroad companies to maintain grade crossings of public highways and approaches; repair by Commissioner of Highways or public road authority; recovery of cost from railroad company","url":"\/56-405\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-405","metadata":false},{"id":370358,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-405.01","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-405.01\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-405.01","metadata":false},{"id":370359,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-405.02","catch_line":"Railroads to adjust certain public highways at grade crossings","url":"\/56-405.02\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-405.02","metadata":false},{"id":370360,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-405.1","catch_line":"Agreements with Commissioner of Highways or public road authority representative for maintenance and repair of public grade crossings","url":"\/56-405.1\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-405.1","metadata":false},{"id":370361,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-405.2","catch_line":"Construction and maintenance of crossbucks","url":"\/56-405.2\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-405.2","metadata":false},{"id":370362,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-405.3","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-405.3\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-405.3","metadata":false},{"id":370366,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-406","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-406\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-406","metadata":false},{"id":370364,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-406.1","catch_line":"Proceedings for installation and maintenance of automatically operated gates, signals and other automatic crossing warning devices","url":"\/56-406.1\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-406.1","metadata":false},{"id":370365,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-406.2","catch_line":"Proceeding for fixing cost of maintaining such warning devices at public grade crossings","url":"\/56-406.2\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-406.2","metadata":false},{"id":370367,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-407","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-407\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-407","metadata":false},{"id":370368,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-408","catch_line":"Signs similar to crossing signs prohibited","url":"\/56-408\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-408","metadata":false},{"id":370369,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-409","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-409\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-409","metadata":false},{"id":370372,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-411","catch_line":"Removal of brush and trees from right-of-way","url":"\/56-411\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-411","metadata":false},{"id":370376,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-412","catch_line":"When trains shall be stopped before getting to railroad crossing","url":"\/56-412\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-412","metadata":false},{"id":370373,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-412.1","catch_line":"Railroad cars obstructing street or road; standing vehicle on railroad track","url":"\/56-412.1\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-412.1","metadata":false},{"id":370374,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-412.2","catch_line":"Ordinances conflicting with \u00a7 56-412.1","url":"\/56-412.2\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-412.2","metadata":false},{"id":370375,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-412.3","catch_line":"Maintenance of certain roadways by Buchanan County","url":"\/56-412.3\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-412.3","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":370367,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-407","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-407\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-407","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":370369,"structure_id":52750,"section_number":"56-409","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-409\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-409","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/56-408\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1956, chapter 164.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":370361,"section_number":"56-405.2","catch_line":"Construction and maintenance of crossbucks","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-405.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1476651,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370368,"identifier":"56-408","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-408","url":"\/56-408\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-408\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-408","dublin_core":{"Title":"Signs similar to crossing signs prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-408","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No device or sign which is in the form of a railroad<\/span> crossing signboard shall be erected or permitted to remain on or near any of the public roads of this Commonwealth, except as required by \u00a7 56-405.2<\/a>.<\/p>

Any person<\/span> who shall erect such a device or sign, as aforesaid, and every sign owner who shall permit such a device or sign to remain on or near the public roads of this Commonwealth, and every landowner or tenant in possession<\/span> who shall knowingly permit such a sign to remain on his land in view of any public road, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor<\/span>, and upon conviction<\/span> shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $100.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSIGNS SIMILAR TO CROSSING SIGNS PROHIBITED (\u00a7 56-408)\n\nNo device or sign which is in the form of a railroad crossing signboard shall be\nerected or permitted to remain on or near any of the public roads of this\nCommonwealth, except as required by \u00a7 56-405.2.\n\nAny person who shall erect such a device or sign, as aforesaid, and every sign\nowner who shall permit such a device or sign to remain on or near the public\nroads of this Commonwealth, and every landowner or tenant in possession who\nshall knowingly permit such a sign to remain on his land in view of any public\nroad, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not\nless than $5 nor more than $100.\n\nHISTORY: 1918, p. 128; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 3985a; 1956, c. 164.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}