Kentucky political signs receive First Amendment protection that limits content-based local regulation. State law restricts placement on highway rights-of-way and within polling place buffer zones.
Kentucky cities and counties may impose reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on political signs but cannot regulate based on content, following Reed v. Town of Gilbert. KRS 177.863 prohibits placing signs on state highway rights-of-way without Transportation Cabinet permission, and KRS 117.235 establishes a 300-foot no-electioneering zone around polling places on election day. HOAs can be limited under federal display protections, but Kentucky does not have a specific yard-sign statute beyond highway and election rules.
Sign removal by Transportation Cabinet; misdemeanor for electioneering within 300 feet.
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