Signs on homes in Hillsborough: the local rules

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

What Hillsborough's code says

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For-sale and open-house signs	1 sign per property, no larger than 12 inches by 15 inches. § 17.48.040 · code text Each real estate company and each contractor allowed to post a sign as set forth in Section 17.48.030(B)(7) and (8) shall be limited to one sign per property, which sign shall be no larger than twelve inches by fifteen inches outside dimensions May be posted once the owner decides to offer the property for sale, rent or lease. Applies: Posting start. § 17.48.040 · code text Real estate signs may be posted once the owner has decided to offer the property for sale, rent, or lease Removed no later than 1 week after the transaction is completed, the effort is abandoned, or the listing expires. Applies: After transaction completion, abandonment of the effort, or listing expiration. § 17.48.040 · code text Real estate signs may be posted once the owner has decided to offer the property for sale, rent, or lease and shall be removed no later than one week after such transaction has been completed or the effort abandoned or the listing expired, as the case may be.

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What signs may I put up at my home in Hillsborough?

Hillsborough's code: 1 sign per property, no larger than 12 inches by 15 inches. (§ 17.48.040); May be posted once the owner decides to offer the property for sale, rent or lease. (Posting start.) (§ 17.48.040).

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