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Placard

A placard is a notice installed in a public place, like a small card, sign, or plaque.[1] It can be attached to or hung from a vehicle or building to indicate information about the vehicle operator or contents of a vehicle or building. It can also refer to paperboard signs or notice carried by picketers or demonstrators.

Section 311 - Vacant building placards

Structure is in normal condition as of the most recent inspection.

Structure is in normal condition as of the most recent inspection.

Interior firefighting and rescue operations should be conducted with caution, due to structural hazards.

Interior firefighting and rescue operations should be conducted with caution, due to structural hazards.

Exterior firefighting only, with interior operations only to protect life.

Exterior firefighting only, with interior operations only to protect life.

box trucks and curtain side trucks: blank orange plate, front and rear of vehicle.[e][f]

Vans

Road vehicles carrying : Blank orange plate, front and rear of vehicle and appropriate hazard placard on all sides of the container.

shipping containers

Tanker trucks, :Blank orange plate, front of vehicle; ADR Plate with HIN and UN number and hazard placard on both sides and rear of tank.

tank containers

Other uses[edit]

In Model United Nations, the paper nameplate of a delegation is referred to as a "placard".


In computer graphical user interfaces, a placard is a rectangular area of a window meant for displaying information to the user.[29][30][31]


In the Habsburg Netherlands (1482–1794) and the Dutch Republic (1581–1795) laws were often known as "Placards" (Dutch: plakkaat) after their form of publication by way of a placard that was nailed to a wall in a public place. An important example is the Dutch declaration of independence of 1581, known in Dutch as Plakkaat van Verlatinghe.

(French: Affaire des Placards), 17 October 1534 anti-Catholic incident where posters appeared in public places in five major French cities which brought an end to the conciliatory policies of King Francis I.

Affair of the Placards

(lawn sign)

Election placard

Sign war

Poster

The dictionary definition of placard at Wiktionary

US DOT Hazardous Materials Placarding Requirements