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Clotheslines & Energy Devices

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Right-to-dry statutes that void covenants banning outdoor clotheslines and drying racks, plus the broader energy-device provisions covering heat pumps, rain barrels, and similar equipment an association would otherwise prohibit on appearance grounds.

Clotheslines & Energy Devices Rules by State

Statewide law governs this topic in many states. Each entry links to that state's full page.

California

Light Restrictions

California voids any HOA governing-document clause that effectively bans or unreasonably restricts a clothesline or drying rack in an owner's exclusive-use backyard. Civil Code Section…

Colorado

Light Restrictions

Colorado bars homeowners associations from effectively prohibiting six specific energy efficiency devices: a retractable clothesline, evaporative cooler, garage or attic fan…

Florida

Few Restrictions

Florida Statute 163.04 bars homeowner association deed restrictions and local ordinances from prohibiting clotheslines, solar collectors, or other renewable-resource energy devices in…

Hawaii

Few Restrictions

Hawaii's right-to-dry statute, HRS section 196-8.5, says no covenant, declaration, bylaw, deed, lease or similar binding agreement may prevent an owner from installing a clothesline on…

Maine

Few Restrictions

Maine is a right-to-dry state, and the protection is written into the codified statute rather than borrowed from a solar definition. 33 M.R.S. § 1421(3) defines a "solar clothes-drying…

Maryland

Few Restrictions

Maryland Real Property § 14-130 makes clothesline bans unenforceable on single-family property: no covenant, declaration, bylaw, rule, lease, or rental agreement may prohibit a…

Michigan

Few Restrictions

Michigan's Homeowners' Energy Policy Act, 2024 PA 68, took effect April 2, 2025 and made any homeowners' association provision that bans an "energy-saving improvement or modification"…

Oregon

Some Restrictions

Oregon has never enacted a right-to-dry statute. Nothing in the Oregon Planned Community Act or the Oregon Condominium Act mentions clotheslines or drying racks, so a covenant banning…

Vermont

Few Restrictions

Vermont has a true right-to-dry law. 27 V.S.A. § 544 says no deed restriction, covenant, or similar binding agreement running with the land may prohibit, or have the effect of…

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