Wisconsin law strongly protects yard signs. During an election campaign period, no county or municipality in Rock County may regulate the size, shape, placement or content of a political sign on your residential property, except narrow traffic-safety limits.
Wis. Stat. 12.04 lets any individual place a political-message sign on residential property they own or occupy during an election campaign period, and bars counties and municipalities from regulating its size, shape, placement or content. Local governments may only regulate for traffic or pedestrian safety, for signs with electrical/mechanical/audio parts, or (municipalities only) signs over 11 square feet. This state law overrides any conflicting Rock County town or city sign rule. Renters have the same right in areas they occupy exclusively. Signs still cannot be placed in the public highway right-of-way (see Wis. Stat. 86.19).
Because the sign is state-protected, local removal or fines during the campaign period are generally unlawful; the enforceable limit is the highway right-of-way ban under Wis. Stat. 86.19.
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