Cumberland County does not regulate garage- or yard-sale signs. Signs in the state-maintained right-of-way are governed by Maine Title 23 §1913-A; signs on private property are subject only to the host municipality's sign code.
There is no Cumberland County ordinance addressing garage-sale, yard-sale, estate-sale, or moving-sale signs. The County code-of-ordinances does not exist (cumberlandcountyme.gov publishes only the Charter and Commissioner Bylaws). On any public right-of-way maintained by Maine DOT, 23 MRS §1913-A treats yard-sale signage as a 'temporary sign' — lawful up to 12 weeks per calendar year (6 weeks January-June plus 6 weeks July-December), maximum size 4 ft x 8 ft, must be marked with the name and address of the placer and the erection date, must be at least 30 feet from another similar-message sign, and prohibited on traffic-control devices, utility poles, rotary islands, trees in the ROW, control-of-access areas, and medians under 6 feet wide. Most Cumberland County municipalities (Portland, Brunswick, Scarborough, etc.) layer additional rules on top — typical municipal patterns allow off-premise yard-sale signs for 1-3 days surrounding the sale, with required removal within 24-48 hours after the sale ends. Because Cumberland County contains no unorganized territory, the host town's code always governs the private-property side.
Non-conforming signs in the state ROW may be removed by MaineDOT without notice (23 MRS §1913-A). Municipal sign violations are enforceable as civil land-use violations under 30-A MRS §4452, with maximum fines of $2,500 per violation and $500 per day of continuing violation. Repeated illegal placement on utility poles is typically pursued by the pole owner (Central Maine Power) as trespass.
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