Post-Election Campaign Sign Cleanup Checklist

Election Day is over. Now every sign has to come back. Print this checklist for your crew, find your earliest removal deadline in the table below, and pull your own signs only. Nonpartisan: it's the same for every campaign.

Not legal advice.

The deadlines below are copied from our campaign sign laws by state page, read from the official sources linked in each row on October 26, 2026. Cities, counties, state transportation departments and HOAs can set stricter rules. Check with your local election office or code enforcement office before you rely on a date.

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The checklist

Find your earliest deadline

Check the table below, then your city or county. In the table, the shortest one is for polling-place signs: noon the day after the election in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Pull up your list of every spot

Use the list or map you made when the signs went up, with each host's address. If you placed them with FlyerFly, each sign has a GPS pin and a photo, so you can see where every sign you placed is.

Split the list into runs by area

Give each crew member one area, and do polling-place signs first.

Pack the car

Gloves, pliers for wire stakes, trash bags, a marker, this printout and water.

Take only your own signs

Removing other campaigns' signs is restricted in many states. Leave signs that aren't yours to the property owner or local officials.

Take the stakes too

Leave every host yard the way you found it.

Thank your hosts

The people who said yes this year are the people you'll ask next time.

Tick off each spot on your list

Mark each spot on this printout as its sign comes down, so nobody drives back to a spot that's already done.

Sweep the busiest corners once more

Drive past your highest-traffic spots at the end to catch any strays.

Store what you can reuse

Keep reusable signs dry and flat, and keep your spot list for the next race.

Fly's tip: count your stakes before you head out and again at the end. Same number? You're done.

Removal deadlines after the November 3, 2026 election

Maryland (Montgomery County polling places)

Polling-place signs "must be removed by 12 noon the day after an election date." Non-compliance "can result in the issuance of a $500 civil citation for each sign in violation."

Noon, Wed Nov 4

Montgomery County Board of Elections sign sheet (PDF)

South Dakota

A campaign sign a city must allow on private property "must be removed within the seven days following the election."

By Tue Nov 10 (our count)

SDCL 9-30-3.1

New Hampshire

All political advertising "shall be removed by the candidate no later than the second Friday following the election" (primary-winner exception).

Fri Nov 13

RSA 664:17

North Carolina (State highway right-of-way)

Signs allowed in State highway right-of-way only through "the 10th day after the primary or election day" and "must be removed by the end of" that period. Signs left more than 30 days after that are treated as abandoned.

Fri Nov 13

G.S. 136-32

California (signs covered by the Outdoor Advertising Act)

A temporary political sign under the Act is placed no sooner than 90 days before and "removed within 10 days after that election," and someone must file a statement of responsibility for removing it. Cities set their own rules for local streets.

Fri Nov 13

Bus. & Prof. Code 5405.3

Minnesota

Signs of any size and number may be posted from 46 days before the state primary "until ten days following the state general election." After that, city ordinances apply again.

Window closes Fri Nov 13

Minn. Stat. 211B.045

Arizona (city, town and county right-of-way)

Local governments can't remove qualifying political signs in their right-of-way from 71 days before the election through 15 days after it. After that, local rules apply again. Does not cover state highways.

Protection ends Wed Nov 18

A.R.S. 16-1019

Texas (HOAs)

An HOA can't ban candidate or measure signs on the owner's property from the 90th day before the election until the 10th day after it (it may limit size and number).

HOA protection runs through Thu Nov 12

Tex. Elec. Code 259.002

Florida

Each candidate "shall make a good faith effort to remove all of his or her political campaign advertisements within 30 days" after being elected, eliminated or withdrawing. If not, the local government may remove them "and may charge the candidate the actual cost."

About Thu Dec 3, counting from Nov 3. Confirm your trigger date

Fla. Stat. 106.1435

More rules for your state

Polling-place distances and right-of-way rules

16 states, every row linked to the official text: Campaign sign laws by state.

In Texas?

Polling-place, HOA and private-property rules in one place: Texas campaign sign laws.

FlyerFly is an app for putting out yard signs and door hangers with your own crew. Each sign gets a GPS pin and a photo when it goes out, so you can see where every sign you placed is. While a job runs, your crew member's dot moves on your map with a Live badge, and a GPS trail shows where they went. It's nonpartisan and works the same for any campaign.

When do campaign signs have to come down after the November 3, 2026 election?

It depends on the state and city. In the states we checked, deadlines run from noon Wednesday, November 4 for Montgomery County, Maryland polling-place signs, to 7 days in South Dakota, the second Friday after the election in New Hampshire, 10 days for North Carolina State highway right-of-way and California signs covered by the Outdoor Advertising Act, and a 30-day good-faith effort in Florida. Many cities set their own deadline, so check locally. Not legal advice.

Who is responsible for removing campaign signs?

The candidate or campaign is usually responsible for removing campaign signs. Florida and New Hampshire put the duty on the candidate, and Montgomery County, Maryland says the candidate and the sign installer can be held jointly responsible. Not legal advice.

Can I take down someone else's campaign sign?

Removing another campaign's signs is restricted in many states. Arizona makes knowingly removing or defacing a candidate's sign a class 2 misdemeanor from 45 days before the primary through 15 days after the general election (with exceptions for the candidate, the campaign and the property owner), and New Hampshire allows removal only by the owner, people the owner authorizes, or officials removing improper signs. Leave signs that aren't yours to the property owner or local officials. Not legal advice.

Is there a statewide deadline to remove campaign signs in Texas?

Texas state law doesn't set one statewide removal deadline for yard signs. It does stop HOAs from banning candidate signs until the 10th day after the election (Texas Election Code 259.002), which is Thursday, November 12, 2026. City ordinances can still set removal rules, so check with your city. Not legal advice.

How can a crew find every sign it put out?

Start from the list or map you made when the signs went up. If you placed them with FlyerFly, each sign has a GPS pin and a photo, so you can see where every sign you placed is and send each crew member to their area. FlyerFly is free, with no credit card.

Does FlyerFly take signs down for me?

No. FlyerFly is an app for your own crew. It doesn't supply people to put out or take down signs. It shows where each sign was placed, with a GPS pin and a photo, which helps your crew find them.

Deadlines copied from our campaign sign laws page, checked October 26, 2026. Not legal advice.

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