Lamar Advertising (LAMR) S-8 Registration of securities for employees

Exhibit 5.1

600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2200 Austin, TX 78701 Telephone:512-305-4700 Fax:512-305-4800 www.lockelord.com

July 17, 2019

Lamar Advertising Company

5321 Corporate Boulevard

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are delivering this opinion to you in accordance with your request and the requirements of Item 8 of FormS-8 and Item 601(b)(5) of RegulationS-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). We have acted as your counsel in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement on FormS-8 (the “Registration Statement”) of Lamar Advertising Company (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, to be filed on or about the date hereof with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Registration Statement relates to 492,789 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, that may be offered from time to time pursuant to the provisions of the Company’s 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”).

In connection with rendering this opinion, we have examined originals, certified copies or copies otherwise identified as being true copies of the following:

(a)    the Registration Statement;

(b)    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended and restated to date;

(c)    the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date;

(d)    corporate proceedings of the Company relating to its proposed issuance of the Shares;

(e)    the Plan; and

(f)    such other instruments and documents as we have deemed relevant or necessary in connection with our opinion set forth herein.

In our examination, we have assumed (i) the genuineness of all signatures; (ii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; (iii) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, photostatic, electronic or facsimile copies and the authenticity of the originals of such documents; (iv) the authority of all persons signing any document; (v) the enforceability of all the documents and agreements we have reviewed in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto; and (vi) the truth and accuracy of all matters of fact set forth in all certificates and other instruments furnished to us.

Lamar Advertising Company

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Based upon the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications, limitations and exceptions stated herein, we are of the opinion, having due regard for such legal considerations as we deem relevant, that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when and to the extent issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan upon receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Shares specified therein, will be validly issued, fully paid andnon-assessable.

The opinion expressed above is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law, including applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting Delaware General Corporation Law, and the federal laws of the United States.

This opinion is rendered on the date hereof, and we have no continuing obligation hereunder to inform you of changes of law or fact subsequent to the date hereof or facts of which we have become aware after the date hereof.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Commission.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Locke Lord LLP

Locke Lord LLP