Citrus County, FL Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Citrus County's Land Development Code addresses political signs inside the exempt-from-permitting list in Chapter Nine, Section 9210(L). The county allows one sign announcing a person's candidacy for elected public office per the standards in that subsection, with the allowed area tied to the zoning district. In a residential district the sign cannot exceed eight square feet and must sit at least five feet from every property line. In any other district, the cap rises to 32 square feet, still with the same five-foot setback from property lines.

Removal deadlines are built into the same subsection. If a candidate loses, signs relating to that candidate have to come down within seven days of that candidate's last election date, meaning the date of the specific election the candidate lost, not necessarily the final election of the cycle. Every other political sign, win or lose, has to be removed within seven days following the date of the general election or the last election in the cycle, whichever applies.

Because these are permit-exempt signs, the county does not require an application before posting one, but the sign still has to satisfy the general exempt-sign conditions in Section 9210: it cannot be a hazard, cannot be electrified, and has to meet the LDC's placement requirements. This rule governs unincorporated Citrus County only. Political signs posted inside Crystal River or Inverness fall under each city's own sign ordinance, not this county section.