Vermilion Parish, LA Sign Regulations: Political Signs (2026)

Article II of Chapter 16 of the Vermilion Parish Code covers election signs, and Sec. 16-22(a)(1) applies it to the unincorporated areas of the parish. Abbeville, Kaplan and the other municipalities govern their own limits, so this article does not reach a sign inside city limits. Sec. 16-21 defines an election sign as a sign designed, used or intended to induce voters on a ballot measure or a candidate, made of unreinforced cardboard, paper, plastic, plywood or a similar product, and the definition expressly includes banners, campaign signs and posted handbills.

On private property, Sec. 16-25 bars illumination. An attached sign cannot extend above the eaves of the building or structure where it is located. A freestanding sign cannot exceed eight feet in height or eight feet in width. Sec. 16-24 sends every question about quantity, size and location back to the article itself, and Article II prints no cap on the number of signs a property can carry.

Timing is the second rule. Sec. 16-26 requires removal from the parcel where the sign was erected within 14 days after the date of the election. A sign that pertains to a primary and to a succeeding general election can stay up until the general election and must then come down within 14 days after the general election date. The duty to remove is joint and several across each person who erects or displays the sign, each person who causes or authorizes it, and the owner or other person in control of the property.

Public property is treated differently. Under Sec. 16-22(d), the parish can remove an election sign and its supporting structure in the apparent public right-of-way or on public property, and no notice is required beforehand. Public property covers parks, the parish courthouse, lampposts, utility poles, street signs, trees and sidewalks. A removed sign the campaign does not reclaim within ten days after notice can be destroyed, and reclaiming one costs the fee in the schedule adopted by resolution of the parish. A cardboard, Styrofoam or other nondurable sign in the right-of-way is treated as abandoned and can be destroyed with no chance to reclaim it.