Genesee County does not regulate yard political signs; your city or township ordinance does. Statewide, signs may not be placed in the public road right-of-way, and MDOT requires signs along state roads to stay off the right-of-way.
Content-based limits on political-sign duration have been curtailed by the courts, but Michigan municipalities still regulate size, setback, and placement, and those local ordinances apply within Genesee County rather than any county rule. Statewide, no private or political sign may be placed within the public road right-of-way. Per the Michigan Department of Transportation, along state trunkline roads signs must be kept off the right-of-way (generally more than 30 feet from the roadway edge where there is no barrier curb), and no signs are allowed within limited-access freeway rights-of-way. Signs on your own private property are governed by your local sign ordinance.
Signs placed in the road right-of-way may be removed by the road authority; local sign-ordinance violations carry municipal fines.
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