Pennsylvania Statutes Title 75 Pa.C.S.A. Vehicles § 6126. Interference with devices, signs or signals

(a) General rule.--No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact, alter, twist, obstruct, deface, injure, knock down, remove or interfere with the effective operation of any official traffic-control device, or any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon or any other part thereof. A person shall not intentionally destroy, remove, injure or deface a temporary traffic-control device erected for the purpose of enhancing traffic safety or worker safety in a construction or maintenance workzone. For purposes of this subsection, a traffic-control device includes a cone, tubular marker, delineator, warning light, drum, barricade, sign, sign truck, arrow board or other device specified in an approved traffic-control plan or by department regulations.

(b) Penalty.--A person who violates this section commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 for each traffic-control device that was destroyed, removed, injured or defaced and to make restitution under 18 Pa.C.S. § 1106 (relating to restitution for injuries to person or property).