Political signs are allowed on private property in unincorporated Clay County; the Land Development Code (Sec. 151-12.8) treats them as temporary signs, generally exempt from a permit. Signs in the road right-of-way are prohibited and removed. Missouri gives HOAs no political-sign protection.
In unincorporated Clay County, sign rules sit in the Land Development Code's Section 151-12.8, administered by county Planning and Zoning. Temporary signs — including political and campaign signs — are permitted on private property and generally need no permit, subject to size and setback limits. The catch is placement off your land: signs staked in a public road right-of-way or on utility poles are prohibited and get removed, and MoDOT clears signs along state highway rights-of-way under the Missouri Billboards Act (§§226.500 to 226.600). Missouri has no statute shielding political signs from homeowners' association rules, so a subdivision's covenants may lawfully limit yard signs. Cities apply their own sign codes.
A political sign in a county or state road right-of-way is removed by the county or MoDOT. Oversized or improperly placed signs draw a zoning correction notice. Inside a subdivision, violations draw the covenant fines the HOA sets.
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