Boone County, IN Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Section 157.038(B)(6) exempts a list of specific sign types from regulation under the county's sign chapter altogether, rather than merely allowing them without a permit under Table 11. Subsection (g) covers temporary campaign signs displayed for not more than one month before and two days after the election is held, placing a hard time window on political signage that runs independently of any candidate, size or district rule elsewhere in the chapter. Within that window a campaign sign is not counted against the lot's permitted sign area, does not require an improvement location permit, and is not subject to the permanent-construction standard that governs most signs under § 157.038(B)(4).

Once the two-day post-election grace period expires, the exemption ends and the sign becomes an ordinary sign under the chapter: if it is not removed, it is treated the same as any other sign the property owner failed to take down, and it must either meet the applicable district's permit and area requirements under Table 11 or come off the property. The exemption's language ties the deadline to the election, so a sign posted for a primary must come down within the same window measured from that primary date, separate from any general election that follows.