No Plymouth County rule governs garage-sale signs; towns handle them through local sign bylaws. On your own lawn a yard-sale sign is generally fine, but a sign staked in a public way or a state right-of-way can be removed by the town or MassDOT.
Garage-sale signs fall under each town's zoning or general bylaws, not any county rule. On private property with the owner's consent, a temporary sale sign is normally allowed, though many towns cap how many days it may stay up and require removal after the sale. The problem is placement off your land: signs stuck in the public way, on utility poles, or in a state highway right-of-way are prohibited in most communities and are pulled by the highway department or DPW. A sign bylaw under Chapter 40A may limit size and duration so long as the limit is content-neutral. Brockton and the larger towns enforce this more actively than small ones.
Signs placed in the public way, on poles, or in a state right-of-way are removed without notice, and repeat offenders can draw the fines set in the town's sign bylaw.
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