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Sign Regulations in Surry County, NC (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Surry County, North Carolina.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Surry County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Garage Sale Signs

Unincorporated Surry County allows yard and garage sale signs as a permitted temporary sign under § 154.016-07, alongside real estate and construction signs, but every temporary sign must come down within seven days after the sale or event it advertises ends, or the Zoning Administrator can cite the owner.

Surry County Garage Sale Sign Rules

Light Restrictions

Surry County Code § 154.016-07

(A) The following are permitted temporary signs: (1) Real estate signs; (2) Construction site identification signs; (3) Yard or garage sale signs and off-premises directional signs; (4) Signs announcing the grand opening of new businesses; (5) Campaign signs; and (6) Auction signs, no greater than 24 square feet and five feet in height. (B) Temporary signs shall be removed withi...

Digital Billboards

Unincorporated Surry County confines billboards to nine named highways and only the CB, HB and MI zoning districts as a special use, capping size at 600 square feet on the interstates and US 52, 300 square feet on the remaining routes, with a 35-foot height limit and 2,000 feet of spacing.

Surry County Billboard Location & Size Limits

Significant Restrictions

Surry County Code § 154.016-10

(A) Location. ... (1) Billboards shall only be permitted along the following roadways in the jurisdiction of Surry County: I-77, I-74, US 52, US 601, US 21, NC 268, NC 89, NC 103, and NC 104, within a permitted zoning district. ... (2) No billboard shall be erected in an RA, RE, RR, RG, RL, RI, CP, MHP, RB or TO zoning district. New billboards are only permitted as a special use in the CB...

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