Sign Regulations in Alabama (2026)

Alabama state law restricts placement of political campaign signs in public rights-of-way, on state highways, and on…

Montgomery caps political signs to an eight-week window before an election and requires removal within ten days after…

Tuscaloosa bars political advertising by posted sign or loudspeaker inside city parks unless the speaker or sign holder…

Auburn bans political signs earlier than 30 days before an election and requires removal within 7 days after the…

In the City of Decatur, Alabama, signs erected in connection with elections or political campaigns are permitted…

Yard signs for candidates or ballot measures fall under the zoning code's residential temporary-sign rule: 40 square…

Jefferson County's Zoning Resolution caps political signs at two per parcel and four square feet apiece, and requires…

Madison regulates political signs content-neutrally as temporary yard signs. In residential zones each sign may be up…

Mobile allows political signs on private property in every district, capped by size and a 7-day post-election removal…

Vestavia Hills gives every occupied lot 15 square feet of non-commercial sign area under Zoning Ordinance §11.4.4(6)…

Political yard signs in Hoover must sit on an improved residential lot, stay under 4 feet tall and 3 square feet, skip…

Birmingham's zoning sign ordinance lists political signs among the displays exempt from the city's sign permit…

Bessemer limits garage, rummage and yard sale signs to six square feet, bans illuminated or animated signs, and only…

Birmingham's Zoning Ordinance bars garage and rummage sale advertising on public property outright and limits any yard…

Garage-sale signs in the City of Dothan may go up for only four consecutive days, including the sale days themselves…

Huntsville has no garage-sale-specific sign law; garage sale signs fall under the zoning code's general temporary sign…

A garage-sale sign counts as a temporary sign under Jefferson County's Zoning Regulations: it needs a sign permit and…

A garage-sale sign in Madison is a temporary yard sign: up to 6 square feet and 6 feet tall in residential zones, not…

Yard and garage sale signs in Mobile's public rights-of-way are allowed only from 4 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Monday…

Tuscaloosa has no sign category labeled 'garage sale,' so a yard-sale sign posted in a residential yard falls under the…

Auburn allows directional and advertising signs for an exempt yard or garage sale, but Section 511.04.D.2(f) of the…

In the City of Decatur, Alabama, signs erected in connection with generally recognized holidays are permitted without a…

Auburn exempts temporary holiday decorations celebrating a single holiday or season from sign permits entirely under…

Hoover's sign code exempts holiday decorations from the sign permit process entirely, alongside flags, plaques and…

Within the U.S. Highway 280 Corridor Overlay District, Jefferson County's sign regulations exempt holiday lights and…

Auburn bans off-premise signs outright, which rules out standalone digital billboards, and separately prohibits any…

Bessemer's zoning code bans flashing or moving-light signs citywide, but Sec. 11.8 carves out an exception for…

Birmingham's zoning sign ordinance bars off-premises billboards from using intermittent lighting, defined as any…

In the City of Decatur, Alabama, new off-premise signs, the code's term for billboards, are not permitted within the…

Hoover allows one electronic message sign per freestanding sign per facing street, only in the C-2 and C-3 business…

Jefferson County's billboard article sets a tighter minimum spacing for digital billboards than for standard ones…

The City of Dothan allows off-premise billboards to carry digital or electronic displays, but bars any animation or…

Huntsville caps digital sign changes to once per 15 minutes on side streets, bans blinking and scrolling, and forces…

Mobile allows off-premise digital billboards in commercial and industrial zones but caps how fast images can change…

Tuscaloosa lets billboard owners convert existing structures to electronic, digital, or tri-vision displays, but the…

Vestavia Hills lets electronic message boards change their display no more than once every 8 seconds under Zoning…

In the City of Dothan, window signs may cover up to 25 percent of the glass area (pane) to which they're applied…

In Mobile's commercial and industrial zoning districts, window signage on a single-establishment site is capped at 20…

Tuscaloosa caps window signs at twenty percent of the glass area on a building's front façade, and separately at twenty…

Window signs advertising goods, services, or activities available inside a Birmingham building need no sign permit as…

Jefferson County's sign code exempts window signs from its general permitting and design standards, but only up to a…

Vestavia Hills caps window signs at 33 percent of each window's area under Zoning Ordinance §11.4.4(5), and lets…

Auburn treats window signs as an exempt sign category needing no permit, but Section 603.18 requires the message to…

Jefferson County restricts billboards to a short list of designated highway corridors rather than allowing them…

Montgomery, Alabama bans new outdoor advertising structures next to interstate and primary highways under City Code…

Auburn allows one extra freestanding interstate sign beyond normal business signage for a nonresidential site near…