The laws on street art - Liam Heeley

1. The laws on street art
Liam Heeley

2. What type of street art is legal
Art House Manchester - This is a company that commission people to paint
murals around manchester, mainly in the northern quarter
Legal graffiti walls - These are certain walls that have been dedicated to graffiti
artists who want to spray on public walls, without getting into trouble
Semi permanent graffiti - This type of graffiti isn't permanent, as you can tell by
the name, it allows the artist to wash it off the walls once they have took a
picture or are happy with the final piece
Masking tape graffiti - This is one of the simplest types of street art, all it
involves is a group or single artist to get a handful of masking tape;
composting it onto a wall in a certain way to create an image

3. Legal images

4. What type of street art is illegal
Damaging personal property - This is illegal because graffiti artists are using
people's property, that they pay for, for somewhere to create street art
Tagging - This type of graffiti is illegal because it means that a group or
individual are using their name to ‘tag’ an area so their name is permanently
on the area
Offensive graffiti - If a piece of graffiti is offending a certain group, it is obviously
going to be illegal because it can cause personal hurt for a certain group of
individual

5. Illegal images

6. What is the charge if you get caught
If somebody is caught doing graffiti, then they will be charged a fine up to
£5,000, if the damage they have caused is less than £5,000
If the damage that they cause is over £5,000, then this will be referred to the
crown court, where tougher punishments will take place
If it is a young offender committing this crime, they will be given community
service instead of a fine
If somebody is suspected to be carrying graffiti materials on them, there is no
law that allows them to be searched
In very serious circumstances, the perpetrators computer is allowed to be
searched for images of illegal graffiti