Illinois statute preempts condominium and homeowner association rules that prohibit residents from displaying political signs and flags on their own units or limited common areas.
The Illinois Condominium Property Act at 765 ILCS 605/18.4(h) and the Common Interest Community Association Act at 765 ILCS 160/1-30 bar boards from prohibiting unit owners from displaying the United States flag, military flags, or political signs on or within the owner's unit or limited common element. Reasonable rules on size, number, and time-of-display are allowed but outright bans are void. Municipal sign codes also cannot impose content-based restrictions on political signs after Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015), and Illinois Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-9.5) protects polling-place electioneering distance rules uniformly.
Associations enforcing prohibited bans can be sued for declaratory and injunctive relief and may owe attorney fees to prevailing owners under 765 ILCS 605/9.2 and 160/1-30. Cities applying content-based sign rules face First Amendment and statutory invalidation.
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