(a) No person shall paint, print, paste, stencil or otherwise mark, place upon or affix to a building, fence, wall, vehicle, post, pole, tree, billboard, sidewalk or street, or other similar structure, whether public or private, without the consent of the owner, lessee or agent in charge, a word, letter, character, figure, sentence or device, or a handbill, notice, advertisement, sign or poster.
This section does not apply to the posting of a handbill or notice of public sale by a sheriff, administrator, executor, or licensed auctioneer, or a notice required by law to be posted.