Nashville, TN Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited location
- Telephone and light poles, GSD-wide
- Polling place buffer
- None within 200 feet
- Maximum fine
- Up to $50 per violation
- Governing chapter
- Metro Code Ch. 1.12, Elections
Summary
Metro Nashville bans posting political campaign signs on telephone and light poles across the general services district, and bars posting them on or within 200 feet of any polling place.
It is unlawful for any person to post, affix or display any posters, signs or pictures advertising the candidacy of anyone for public office on any telephone or light poles within the general services district.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 53 | Charter: Republication 9).
Full Breakdown
The Metropolitan Code of Laws makes it unlawful to post, affix or display any political campaign poster, sign or picture on telephone or light poles anywhere within the general services district: the entire consolidated city-county, not just the urban core. A companion section separately bars posting the same kind of campaign signage on or within 200 feet of any polling place. Neither section carries its own fine, so violations fall under Metro's general penalty: up to fifty dollars per offense, with each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Posting a political sign on a telephone or light pole, or on/within 200 feet of a polling place, is a citable ordinance violation carrying a fine up to $50, per day.
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