Columbia County's Chapter 90 sign ordinance regulates yard signs content-neutrally, but O.C.G.A. §16-7-58 protects political signs on private property from county limits on their number or duration. Off your land, §32-6-51 bars staking any sign in a public road right-of-way.
On your own property, Columbia County's zoning sign rules in Chapter 90, Section 90-135 treat a campaign sign as a temporary sign, regulated by size and placement rather than message — the content-neutral approach required after Reed v. Town of Gilbert. Georgia law goes further: O.C.G.A. §16-7-58 bars the county and cities from restricting how long a political sign stays up or how many you post on private property where the owner allows it. The firm line is off your property. O.C.G.A. §32-6-51 makes it unlawful to erect a sign in the right-of-way of any public road, so GDOT and county crews pull signs staked along I-20 and state routes. In deed-restricted Evans and Martinez subdivisions, HOA covenants add limits.
A sign in a public-road right-of-way violates O.C.G.A. §32-6-51 and is removed by GDOT or the county. Oversized or off-site private signs draw a county code-enforcement notice; HOA violations bring covenant fines.
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