Lakeville, MN Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Political yard signs in Lakeville are governed primarily by Minnesota state law, which preempts local ordinances during the election season. Minnesota Statutes section 211B.045 provides that 'all noncommercial signs of any size may be posted in any number beginning 46 days before the state primary in a state general election year until ten days following the state general election.' During that protected window a city cannot enforce size or number limits on campaign or other noncommercial signs on private property. Outside that period, municipal ordinances may regulate the size and number of noncommercial signs. Lakeville's zoning ordinance (City Code Chapter 11-23, Signs) prohibits commercial 'advertising signs' and signs placed in the public right-of-way, but the state noncommercial-sign exemption controls political signs during the statutory window. Practical points that still apply year-round: signs should be placed on private property with the owner's permission, not in the public right-of-way, on utility poles, or in a way that blocks the traffic sight-visibility triangle. For the 2026 state general election, the protected posting period runs roughly from late June through mid-November. Because the city ordinance and state statute interact, residents should keep signs on their own property and out of public rights-of-way to avoid any enforcement.