§ 11-10. Depositing injurious or hazardous substances on highway.
(a)
No person shall throw or deposit, or cause to be deposited, upon any highway in the county, any glass bottle, glass, nail, tack, wire, can or any other substance likely to injure any person or animal or damage any vehicle upon such highway, nor shall any person throw or deposit, or cause to be deposited upon any such highway, any soil, sand, mud, gravel or other substances so as to create a hazard to the traveling public.
(b)
Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway any destructive, hazardous or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed. Any person removing a wrecked or a damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
(c)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(Code 1974, § 10-12)
Cross reference— Penalty for Class 1 misdemeanor, § 1-11; littering generally, § 18-17.
State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-324.
(Code 1974, § 10-12)