Ramapo, NY Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Ramapo Code Chapter 223, Article I, the Temporary Signs Law, governs political and other temporary signs on property within the unincorporated area of the Town. Section 223-6A requires anyone intending to post or display political signs to first file a notice with the Town Clerk giving their name, address, telephone number, the purpose of the sign and the duration of the event advertised, along with paying a sign permit fee and posting a security deposit set by the Town's Standard Schedule of Fees, as a guaranty that every sign will be removed within two weeks after the nomination, primary, election or referendum it concerns.

No political sign may go up more than 60 days before that nomination, primary, election or referendum. If a primary candidate advances to the general election, removal of that candidate's signs is instead due within two weeks after the general election. Section 223-5 separately bars posting any sign on private property without the written owner's permission, filed with the Town Clerk, and bars placing signs where they obstruct or impair vision or traffic or create a safety hazard. Section 223-4 bans posting any sign on or over public property, defined in § 223-3 to include highways, streets, sidewalks, rights-of-way and utility poles. Signs of a charitable nature are exempt from the security deposit under § 223-6C.