Chapter 405 - Control and Preservation of Public Highways
- ACCESSORY ROADS
- BILLBOARDS, SIGNS AND ADVERTISING
- 405.020 - Billboard, sign or other outdoor advertising as public nuisance.
- 405.030 - Unlawful placement of certain outdoor advertisements; exceptions; restriction on use of revenue from certain lawfully placed advertisements.
- 405.040 - Permit for erection or use of outdoor advertisement; fee; exceptions.
- 405.050 - No permit to be granted if natural beauty of scenery destroyed or view of highway obstructed; removal of sign as traffic hazard.
- 405.060 - Assignment of number for permit.
- 405.070 - Duration of permit; destruction of advertisement if permit not renewed.
- 405.080 - Apportionment of fees to road funds of county.
- 405.090 - Report of violation.
- 405.100 - Penalty.
- 405.110 - Unlawful advertising on or near highway or on bridge; exceptions; removal; penalty; liability; restriction on use of revenue from certain lawfully placed advertisements.
- LIMITS ON LOAD AND WEIGHT
- MAINTENANCE AND USE OF PUBLIC ROADS
- 405.191 - “Public road” defined; county roads and highways may be established on rights-of-way over certain public lands.
- 405.193 - Public agency not required to maintain or accept road made public by prescriptive use; immunity of county from liability arising from use of certain public roads.
- 405.195 - Petition to open, reopen, close, relocate or abandon road; hearings and orders by board of county commissioners regarding petition; legal actions authorized.
- MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- 405.205 - Erection and maintenance of power lines by rural electric cooperative.
- 405.210 - Damage to public or private road, bridge or guidepost unlawful; penalty.
- 405.230 - Penalty for obstruction or damage to highway; abatement of nuisance; removal of certain obstacles or encroachments.
- 405.240 - Repair of damage to highway from driving livestock.
- 405.250 - Construction and maintenance of sidewalks; penalty for riding or driving on sidewalk.
- 405.270 - Standards of safety for electronic gates that provide access for vehicular traffic.
- PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS FROM DAMAGE BY WATER
- 405.120 - Installation of bridge or culvert if water conducted across highway; construction and repair performed according to specifications of county commissioners.
- 405.130 - Notice of violation by chair of county commissioners; repair by county if violator fails or refuses to repair.
- 405.140 - Recovery of expenses from violator by civil action.
- 405.150 - District attorney to commence action for recovery of expenses.
- 405.160 - Disposition of money collected by civil action.
- 405.170 - Penalty for failure to construct bridge or culvert.
- 405.180 - Penalty for willfully or negligently allowing water to flow on highway; failure to act upon notice prima facie evidence of negligence.