{"code":"SHC","codeName":"Streets and Highways Code","section":"724","citation":"Sts. & Hy. Code, § 724","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. STATE HIGHWAYS [50. - 897.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/streets-and-highways-code/division-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. The Care and Protection of State Highways [660. - 759.3.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/streets-and-highways-code/division-1/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Nuisance and Penal Provisions [720. - 734.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/streets-and-highways-code/division-1/chapter-3/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 158.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Unless the encroachment is authorized under Article 2 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/shc/670\">670</a>), any person owning, controlling, or placing, or causing or suffering to exist, any encroachment within any state highway after the service upon that person of the notice, in the manner provided in Section <a href=\"/shc/720\">720</a>, is, in addition to any civil liability therefor, guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Unless the encroachment is authorized under Article 2 (commencing with Section 670), any person owning, controlling, or placing, or causing or suffering to exist, any encroachment within any state highway after the service upon that person of the notice, in the manner provided in Section 720, is, in addition to any civil liability therefor, guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/streets-and-highways-code/nuisance-and-penal-provisions-724","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}