Muncie, IN Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Political signs sit in the 'permitted without a permit' category under Muncie City Code § 150.212(C), alongside directional, public service, real estate, and real estate-development signs, so no sign permit or fee applies before an election. Section 150.212(C)(2) defines a political sign as one relating to the election of a person to public office, a political party or group, or a ballot question, and it imposes a single hard deadline: removal within ten days following the election. A candidate who wins a primary is not required to pull the sign down at that point; the sign can stay up until ten days after the general election instead.

Responsibility runs to the property owner, not the candidate or campaign that placed the sign, so a homeowner who lets a stale endorsement linger is the one the administrative zoning officer will pursue. Like every other sign in the City of Muncie, a political sign still has to respect the citywide height cap of 45 feet under § 150.212(B)(8) and the 50-foot setback from any residence, school, or church in a residential zone under § 150.212(B)(10) if it is mounted on its own apparatus rather than staked in a yard.

If the ten-day window passes and the owner has not acted, § 150.212(H)(2) lets the administrative zoning officer notify the owner in writing and, if the order is not complied with within ten days, remove the sign at the owner's expense. A general violation of the sign chapter carries a fine of not more than $1,000.00 per offense under § 150.212(K)(2), with each day of a continuing violation counted as a separate offense.