28-649. Interference with official traffic
control device or railroad sign or signal; possession of traffic
preemption emitter; classification; definition
A. A person shall not attempt without lawful authority to or in fact alter, deface,
injure, knock down or remove an official traffic control device, a railroad sign or
signal or an inscription, shield or insignia on any device, sign or signal or any part of
the device, sign or signal.
B. A person shall not possess a traffic preemption emitter unless the person is
authorized to possess a traffic preemption emitter within the course and scope of the
person's duties with a law enforcement agency, fire department, ambulance service or
agency of the federal government, this state or a political subdivision of this state.
C. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
D. For the purposes of this section, "traffic preemption emitter" means strobe,
strobe light or any device that is capable of changing the display of any traffic control
device used to control the movement of vehicles, bicycles or pedestrians.
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