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Trespass by a license holder isn't confusing. It is very clear as to what constitutes a valid sign. Most businesses apparently don't care enough to do the research to get a valid sign (and you are right--it is minimal research), and I don't want to make it any easier for them.

The only place I can see an official sign making a difference is the threatened arrests for carrying past a valid sign. I don't think it would make a difference in that situation because:
1) it is already very clear what is a valid sign and yet some LEOs threaten to arrest if the sign is "close enough"--what is to stop them from doing the same with a non-official sign
2) arrests under §30.06 are vanishingly rare already (I've never heard of one)

jmra wrote:I am somewhat surprised that an elected official hasn't proposed that 30.06 signs must have a state seal in order to be valid. This way all valid 30.06 signs would have to be purchased from the state at $100 a pop. Would be a revenue source for the state and posting a non-compliant sign of course would result in a $10,000 dollar fine.

That makes it too easy to post a sign. I'm all for making it as inconvenient as possible to post a valid sign.

As it is now, to post a sign they have to go and read the statutes and get a sign made up. Most of these businesses seem to be incapable of understanding what constitutes effective notice, so they either post an invalid sign (paying for it to be made up, which can't be cheap) or they have to go and get a lawyer to tell them what kind of sign is legally binding, which costs way more than $100. This results in very few places properly posted.

If the state were to create a one-stop shop for valid §30.06 signs, I expect we would see more valid postings.