Streets and Highways Code section 1492

Any person who wilfully removes or injures any mile-board, milestone or guide-post, or any inscription thereon, erected on any county highway, is liable for a penalty of ten dollars, recoverable as provided in section 1496, for every such offense, and is also guilty of a misdemeanor.

Source: Section 1492, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=1492. (updated Jan. 1, 1935; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/streets_and_highways_code_section_1492

Original Source: Section 1492, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=1492. (last accessed May 12, 2025).