Signs on homes in Calaveras County: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Calaveras County Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Calaveras County's code says

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Signs that need no permit	Special-event signs, including garage-sale and open-house signs, are exempt from permit requirements. Applies: Under 18 by 30 inches, posted at most 7 days before and removed within 72 hours after the event. § 17.24.030 · code text Signs for special events such as yard, barn, and garage sales; open houses; theatrical performances; musical events; fundraising activities; and similar events that comply with the following requirements. Exempt from permit requirements. Applies: No Trespassing signs. § 17.24.030 · code text "No Trespassing" signs. Address numbers less than 8 inches high are exempt. § 17.24.030 · code text Address numbers less than eight inches in height. Exempt from all regulations of this chapter, except placement in the public right-of-way. Applies: Political signs about candidates, parties, issues, measures or beliefs, not commercial messages. § 17.24.030 · code text Political signs informing of political candidates, parties, issues, measures, propositions, philosophies, or personal beliefs, and which are not commercial messages, shall be exempt from all regulations of this chapter, except that such signs shall not be placed within the public right-of-way.
Other temporary signs	Smaller than 18 by 30 inches. Applies: Special-event signs, including yard, barn and garage sales and open houses. § 17.24.030 · code text Are smaller than eighteen inches by thirty inches. Post no longer than 7 days before the event. Applies: Special-event signs, including yard, barn and garage sales and open houses. § 17.24.030 · code text Are posted for no longer than seven days prior to event. Remove within 72 hours of the last day of the event. Applies: Special-event signs, including yard, barn and garage sales and open houses. § 17.24.030 · code text Are removed within seventy-two hours of the last day of the event.

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Calaveras County's code: Special-event signs, including garage-sale and open-house signs, are exempt from permit requirements. (Under 18 by 30 inches, posted at most 7 days before and removed within 72 hours after the event.) (§ 17.24.030); Exempt from permit requirements. (No Trespassing signs.) (§ 17.24.030).

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