Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 9 — PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS›VI. - OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
Madera County Municipal Code Ch. 9.68 County Property
Madera County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Madera County
Cite as: Madera County Municipal Code Chapter 9.68 · Text as of 2026-10-04
9.68.010 - Removing or destroying laws or ordinances.¶
Every person who intentionally defaces, mutilates, obliterates, removes, tears down, or destroys any copy, transcript, or extract from or of any law or laws of the state, or who defaces, mutilates, obliterates, removes, tears down, or destroys any copy, transcript, or extract from or of any ordinance of the board of supervisors, the same being posted, affixed, or set up for public inspection by authority of law, in any part of the county, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 73 § 1, 1902).
9.68.020 - Damaging county sign, poster, notice or traffic control device.¶
A. It is unlawful to shoot at, damage, destroy or mutilate any county sign, poster, notice or traffic control device owned by the county or placed by the county on any county road. Any person convicted of the violation of this subsection, or of Section 602(f) of the Penal Code is guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. The board of supervisors hereby offers a reward of two hundred fifty dollars to any person furnishing information leading to the arrest and conviction of any other person for a violation of this section or of Section 602(f) of the Penal Code. Such reward shall be paid from county funds pursuant to Section 26207 of the Government Code, and the determination of the person entitled to said reward is vested in the board of supervisors.
C. This reward may be offered and publicized by signs, notices and other advertising as the board of supervisors shall determine, provided that the board may delegate to any county officer or department, authority to prepare such signs, notices and designations.
(Ord. 269 §§ 1, 2, 3, 1963).
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