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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and Offenses § 6905. Nails and other hard substances attached to utility poles

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a summary offense if he drives a nail or tack or attaches any metal or hard substance to or into any pole of any public utility pole line.

(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:

(1) the public utility or its licensee using the poles from affixing its metal or other markers or from otherwise using the poles in its public service; or

(2) the erecting of  1 traffic signs and other signs similar thereto by a municipality when authorized by statute or by the owner of such poles.

1 “of” omitted in original.
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