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Sign Regulations in Oregon (2026)

54 rules on the books across Oregon, 18 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.

Beaverton

Some Restrictions

Beaverton allows unlimited temporary election signs up to six feet tall for sixty days before any election, but bars…

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Clackamas County

Some Restrictions

Clackamas County confirms 'the size and placement of political signs are not regulated by election law.' In the…

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Corvallis

Some Restrictions

In the City of Corvallis, political and campaign signs cannot go up in the public right-of-way or planting strip…

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Lane County

Some Restrictions

Political signs may not be placed in Lane County road right-of-way, and none may block a traffic-control device. On…

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Medford

Some Restrictions

Medford allows political campaign signs on private property starting eight weeks before an election and requires…

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Multnomah County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Multnomah County treats campaign and election signs as temporary signs: six-month time limit, no…

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Portland

Some Restrictions

Portland allows a lawn sign in every zone without counting it against the site's permanent sign allowance, as long as…

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Bend

Light Restrictions

The City of Bend allows temporary election signs without a permit for the period starting 60 days before and ending 7…

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Josephine County

Light Restrictions

Josephine County's sign chapter defers temporary political signs to state law: JCC § 19.74.030(B) states they "are…

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Springfield

Light Restrictions

In the City of Springfield, Oregon, election signs are exempt from a sign permit under SMC section 8.234(5)(b) as long…

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Marion County

Few Restrictions

Salem's sign code is content-neutral, so political yard signs follow the same rules as other lawn signs: up to six…

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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.

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.

Bend

Heavy Restrictions

The City of Bend bans internally illuminated and animated billboards outright under BC 9.50.090(B)(7), caps active…

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Multnomah County

Heavy Restrictions

Multnomah County Code § 39.6770(E)(9) bans any billboard with moving parts, flashing lights, or intermittent lights…

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Tigard

Heavy Restrictions

In the City of Tigard, Oregon, billboards are prohibited outright, and an electronic information sign is not allowed to…

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Beaverton

Significant Restrictions

Beaverton bans standalone digital billboards outright and allows Electronic Message Centers only as part of a permitted…

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Medford

Significant Restrictions

Medford allows one electronic message ground sign per commercial parcel only if it sits 150 feet or farther from a…

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Portland

Significant Restrictions

Portland caps changing image sign features, its term for digital displays, at 20 square feet total per site under Title…

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Salem

Significant Restrictions

SRC 900.070 bans electronic display signs in historic districts, caps message changes at once every eight seconds in…

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Washington County

Significant Restrictions

Digital billboards in unincorporated Washington County are allowed only in the General Commercial District under…

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Corvallis

Some Restrictions

In the City of Corvallis, an electronic billboard is regulated as a 'Variable Message Sign,' the Land Development…

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Eugene

Some Restrictions

Digital billboards in Eugene's highway commercial and employment zones must sit at least 1,200 feet from another…

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Gresham

Some Restrictions

Gresham doesn't allow stand-alone digital billboards: an electronic message center may only be built into a…

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Hillsboro

Some Restrictions

In Hillsboro, Oregon (Washington County), electronic message and tri-vision billboards can't change copy faster than…

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