Sign Regulations in Sandoval County, NM (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Sandoval County, New Mexico.
Verified from official government sources
Holiday Displays
Temporary decorations or banners celebrating traditionally accepted patriotic, religious, or local holidays don't need a sign permit anywhere in Sandoval County. The Sign Ordinance's exempt-signs list covers them outright, though they still have to follow the ordinance's general placement and safety rules.
Sandoval County Exempts Holiday Sign Displays
Few RestrictionsSandoval County Sign Ordinance § 8(L) (Exempt Signs)
The following are signs that are Permitted Uses under the Ordinances of Sandoval County and do not require a sign permit:A.Signs not exceeding one sq. ft. in area and bearing only property numbers, post box numbers, or names of occupants on premises...[K.]L.Temporary decorations or displays (banners) celebrating the occasion of traditionally accepted patriotic, religious or local holidays or ev...
Digital Billboards
Sandoval County's Sign Ordinance flatly forbids illuminated billboards: Section 10 states a permitted billboard "may not be illuminated by any means," which rules out digital, LED, and electronic-message billboards countywide on top of a 300-square-foot size cap, a 35-foot height limit, and strict highway-corridor siting rules.
Sandoval County Bans Illuminated Billboards
Heavy RestrictionsSandoval County Sign Ordinance § 10 (Billboards)
Commission review. The Planning Commission shall have the responsibility of issuing sign permits for all billboards, subject to the following requirements: A.Billboards may be located along lands within Sandoval County jurisdiction, on Interstate 25 and Hwy 550 within 200 ft. of those rights-of-way.B.No two signs on the same side of the right-of-way shall be spaced less than 2,000 ft. apart.C.B...
Window Signs
In unincorporated Sandoval County, nonresidential properties may display no more than two temporary window signs at a time, each posted for no longer than 30 days. Combined coverage cannot exceed 25 percent of the window's surface area, and that area counts against the property's total allowed sign area.
Sandoval County Window Sign Limits: 2, 30 Days
Some RestrictionsSandoval County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 40, Art. II, Sec. 9 (Corridor Standards)
Not withstanding the provisions above, no more than two temporary signs may be painted on or otherwise displayed from the surface of any window, for a period not to exceed 30 days. The area of such signs shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the area of the window on which displayed. The area of said signs shall be deducted from the total allowed sign area.
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