Nassau County, FL Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- LDC § 30.04(B)
- Regulated by
- Florida law, F.S. § 106.1435
- County extension
- Applies to all county-designated roads
- ROW placement
- Prohibited
- Enforcing agency
- Public Works / code enforcement
Summary
Nassau County's Land Development Code § 30.04(B) treats a political campaign advertisement as a device Florida law defines and regulates rather than local signage, but it extends the state's ban on placing those ads in road rights-of-way to every road, street, highway or alleyway the county designates as a county street.
(B)Political campaign advertisement means a paid expression defined and regulated by Florida law as described in section 106.1435, Florida Statutes. The prohibitions on placement of political campaign advertisement on road rights-of-way shall include those roads, streets, highways, or alleyways designated locally as county streets.
Full Breakdown
04 of the Land Development Code lists devices Nassau County does not regulate as "signage" under Article 30, including polling place signs and traffic control devices, but subsection (B) covers political campaign advertisements. 1435, Florida Statutes, so the county does not set its own size, number or duration limits for a campaign sign the way it does for commercial signage. What the county does add is a jurisdictional statement: the state law's prohibition on placing political campaign advertisements on road rights-of-way is written to reach "those roads, streets, highways, or alleyways designated locally as county streets," meaning it applies to every county-maintained road right-of-way in unincorporated Nassau County, not just state highways.
In practice that means a candidate or committee can post yard signs on private property, subject to the property owner's consent, but cannot stake a sign inside the right-of-way along any county road, from a rural stretch of a Bryceville county road to a collector street in Yulee. ch. 106, while placement in a Nassau County right-of-way is treated as an encroachment issue the county itself can act on through its own code enforcement process.
Violations & Fines
Placing a political campaign advertisement inside a county road right-of-way violates § 30.04(B)'s extension of the state placement ban, and the county's code enforcement and Public Works staff can order it removed as a right-of-way encroachment. Repeated placements can be referred to the special magistrate, who under Code § 1-61 may impose the standard fines of up to $1,000 per day for a first violation and $5,000 per day for a repeat one.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a political sign be placed in a Nassau County road right-of-way?
Does Nassau County set its own size or number limits for political signs?
Can a homeowner put a political sign on their own property?
Which agency removes a political sign left in a county right-of-way?
Sources & Official References
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