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Iowa Yard Sign LawsBefore starting your yard sign campaign it is important to understand the laws associated with yard Signs. Iowa's laws on placement, content, wording and more. |
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| Chapter 1178 Iowa Political Yard Signs |
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| AN ACT relating to placement of political yard signs on agricultural land, property leased to a corporation by a private individual, or property leased by a corporation to a private individual. | ||
| Section 1 1178 Section 1 . Section 56.14, Code 1993, is amended to read as follows: 56.14 POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS. |
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A person who causes the publication or distribution of published material after July 1, 1984, designed to promote or
defeat the nomination or election of a candidate for public office or the passage of a constitutional amendment or
public measure shall include conspicuously on the published material the identity and address of the person responsible
for the material. If the person responsible is an organization, the name of one officer of the organization shall appear
on the material. However, if the organization is a committee which has filed a statement of organization under this chapter,
only the name of the committee is required to be included on the published material. This section does not apply to the
editorials or news articles of a newspaper or magazine which are not political advertisements. For the purpose of this
section, "published material" means any newspaper, magazine, shopper, outdoor advertising facility, poster, yard sign
including hand lettered signs, direct mailing, brochure, or any other form of printed general public political advertising;
however, the identification need not be conspicuous on posters. This section requires that the identification on yard signs
be in letters at least one inch high; however, if the yard sign is authorized by the candidate's committee or the candidate,
no identification is required by this section. This section does not apply to yard signs, bumper stickers, pins, buttons,
pens, matchbooks, and similar small items upon which the inclusion of the disclaimer would be impracticable or to
published material which is subject to federal regulations regarding a disclaimer requirement. Yard signs shall not
be placed on any property which adjoins a city, county, or state roadway sooner than forty-five days preceding a primary
or general election and shall be removed within seven days after the primary or general election, in which the name of
the particular candidate or ballot issue described on the yard sign appears on the ballot. Yard signs are subject to
removal by highway authorities as provided in section 319.13. The placement or erection of yard signs shall be exempt
from the requirements of chapter 480. Notice may be provided to the chairperson of the appropriate county central committee
if the highway authorities are unable to provide notice to the candidate, candidate's committee, or political committee
regarding the yard sign. This section does not prohibit the placement of yard signs on agricultural land owned by individuals
or by a family farm operation as defined in section 9H.1, subsections 8, 9, and 10; does not prohibit the placement of yard
signs on property owned by private individuals who have rented or leased the property to a corporation, if the prior
written permission of the property owner is obtained; and does not prohibit the placement of yard signs on residential
property owned by a corporation but rented or leased to a private individual if the prior permission of the renter or
lessee is obtained. For the purposes of this chapter, "agricultural land" means agricultural land as defined in section 9H.1. |
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| Section 2 1178 Sec. 2 . Section 56.15, subsection 4, Code 1993, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph: |
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NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH . This section does not prohibit a family farm corporation, as defined in section 9H.1, from
placing a yard sign on agricultural land, and does not prohibit the placement of yard signs, with the prior written
permission of the individual property owner, on property rented or leased by a corporation from private individuals,
subject to the requirements of section 56.14. This section also does not prohibit the placement of a yard sign on residential
property that is owned by a corporation, but rented or leased to a private individual, if the prior permission of the renter
or lessee is obtained. Approved May 13, 1994 |
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