Agents beware!
If you are using temporary signs (the plastic, wood or metal signs which attached to a stand), you may be violating Virginia’s Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act !
Violating this act can result in fines of up to $2500.
Many agents think that Miss Utility needs to be called to mark utility lines on when installing a post sign. Apparently, that is not true.
The SCC is also including the small metal framed signs that you push into the ground with your hands! They feel that the installation of temporary signs falls under the definition of “excavation” which is prohibited without the proper utility markings.
There is an exemption to this rule! The HOMEOWNER can install the temporary sign without calling Miss Utility first.
To read an article from the Virginia Real Estate Board regarding this issue, click here.
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