Sign Regulations in Indiana (2026)
37 rules on the books across Indiana, 13 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Political Signs
Rules for posting political campaign signs on your property, including size limits, how early you can put them up, and when they must come down.
Indiana: statewide
StatewideFew RestrictionsIndiana Code 32-21-13 prohibits homeowners associations and restrictive covenants from banning political yard signs…
Read full rule →Laporte County
Significant RestrictionsLaPorte County bars illuminated on-premise or business political signs from residential zoning and from within 500 feet…
Read full rule →Allen County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Allen County, political (noncommercial opinion) signs need no permit and have no limit on number. In…
Read full rule →Anderson
Some RestrictionsAnderson defines a political sign as a temporary sign tied to an election or candidate. Residential signs, including…
Read full rule →Carmel
Some RestrictionsCarmel regulates yard signs by size and placement, not by message, consistent with the First Amendment. Residential…
Read full rule →Evansville
Some RestrictionsEvansville defines political and cause signs as 'First Amendment signs' and lets them go in the street right-of-way…
Read full rule →Lake County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Lake County, the UDO's size and number limits on signs up to 32 sq ft are suspended from 60 days…
Read full rule →Tippecanoe County
Some RestrictionsTippecanoe County caps campaign signs at polling sites to two per candidate or issue, limits size to 36 by 24 inches…
Read full rule →Porter County
Light RestrictionsPorter County lets residents post political signs without a permit under UDO § 5.46 SI-01(O), but caps them at six feet…
Read full rule →Vanderburgh County
Light RestrictionsIndiana law strips Vanderburgh County of any power to limit the number or size of political yard signs for the 60 days…
Read full rule →Garage Sale Signs
Where you can place signs advertising a garage or yard sale, including restrictions on utility poles, medians, and public right-of-way.
Fort Wayne
Significant RestrictionsFort Wayne bans any sign, including garage-sale signs, on public land such as utility poles, medians, and…
Read full rule →Allen County
Some RestrictionsAllen County permits yard and garage sales on residential properties up to three times a year, up to three days each…
Read full rule →Anderson
Some RestrictionsGarage-sale signs are temporary residential signs in Anderson. No Improvement Location Permit is required for…
Read full rule →Carmel
Some RestrictionsGarage-sale signs fall under Carmel's residential temporary yard-sign rule: up to 16 square feet total per property, no…
Read full rule →Lake County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Lake County has no garage-sale-specific sign rule. A garage-sale sign is a temporary residential sign…
Read full rule →Laporte County
Some RestrictionsLaPorte County lets garage sale signs go up no earlier than seven days before the sale and requires them removed within…
Read full rule →Porter County
Some RestrictionsPorter County treats a garage sale sign as a "standard temporary sign" under UDO section 5.47 (SI-02), capping it at 5…
Read full rule →Tippecanoe County
Some RestrictionsTippecanoe County requires every garage sale sign, along with sale items and display surfaces, to come down within 3…
Read full rule →Evansville
Light RestrictionsEvansville allows a roughly six-square-foot temporary yard-sale sign in the yard or the sidewalk-to-curb strip…
Read full rule →Indianapolis
Light RestrictionsIf an Indianapolis garage sale is advertised with signs, Sec. 987-203(c) requires those signs to follow the number…
Read full rule →Vanderburgh County
Light RestrictionsVanderburgh County doesn't set placement, size, or number limits for garage-sale signs, but Section 17.12.140(B)…
Read full rule →Holiday Displays
Rules for seasonal decorations, lights, inflatables, and lawn displays, including the sign-permit exemptions most codes give them and any limits on timing, size, or placement.
Digital Billboards
Rules governing digital and electronic billboards, including size limits, brightness and dwell-time standards, and the ongoing legal fight in cities like LA.
Indianapolis
Heavy RestrictionsIndianapolis-Marion County's off-premises sign rules flatly ban video, LED, LCD and other electrically powered graphic…
Read full rule →Porter County
Heavy RestrictionsPorter County's Unified Development Ordinance flatly bars electronic and lighted text on the changeable-copy signs it…
Read full rule →Clark County
Significant RestrictionsCountywide, Clark County bans flashing, moving or intermittent lights (other than steady white) on any outdoor…
Read full rule →Evansville
Some RestrictionsOff-premises electronic message signs in Evansville must sit 300 feet from any dwelling and hold each image at least…
Read full rule →St. Joseph County
Some RestrictionsSt. Joseph County allows electronic message center signs as part of a freestanding or building sign, capped at 40…
Read full rule →Tippecanoe County
Some RestrictionsTippecanoe County's Unified Zoning Ordinance treats a digital billboard as an "outdoor advertising sign" and limits how…
Read full rule →Vanderburgh County
Some RestrictionsVanderburgh County allows electronic message signs, including digital billboards, but locks down how they operate…
Read full rule →Window Signs
Limits on the percentage of window area that may be covered by signs in storefronts, including transparency rules for safety visibility into businesses.
Indianapolis
Some RestrictionsWindow signs in Indianapolis's Commercial, Industrial and Mixed-Use zoning districts can cover no more than 30 percent…
Read full rule →Porter County
Some RestrictionsPorter County's Unified Development Ordinance caps permanent window signs in its Office and Institutional, Moderate…
Read full rule →St. Joseph County
Some RestrictionsSt. Joseph County caps every window sign at 25 percent of the window's surface area under Zoning Ordinance § 154.377…
Read full rule →Evansville
Light RestrictionsEvansville allows window signs without a permit as long as they never cover more than 25% of a business's window area.
Read full rule →Vanderburgh County
Light RestrictionsVanderburgh County lets a business cover up to 25 percent of its window area with signage before a sign permit kicks…
Read full rule →Freeway-Facing Signs
Restrictions on commercial signs visible from freeways, including height, illumination, and outdoor advertising act compliance.
Laporte County
Significant RestrictionsOff-premise commercial signs facing the I-80/90 Toll Road and I-94 can run up to 672 square feet per facing in LaPorte…
Read full rule →Tippecanoe County
Significant RestrictionsBillboards are generally allowed in Tippecanoe County's GB, I1, I2 and I3 zones, but Footnote 67 to the Unified Zoning…
Read full rule →Indianapolis
Some RestrictionsAny sign within 660 feet of a freeway or expressway right-of-way in Indianapolis-Marion County sits in a 'Protected…
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