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HomeCivil CodeDiv. 4Pt. 5.3Ch. 5Art. 1§ 6704 Homeowner Noncommercial Sign Rights

§ 6704 Homeowner Noncommercial Sign Rights

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§ 6704 Homeowner Noncommercial Sign Rights

Key Takeaways

  • •You can put up signs, posters, flags, or banners at your home as long as they are not for selling something.
  • •These items can be made of paper, cloth, or plastic but cannot be made of lights, plants, balloons, or painted on walls.
  • •Your neighborhood rules can't stop you from putting these up unless it's dangerous or breaks another law.
  • •Your neighborhood can say no to signs bigger than 9 square feet or flags/banners bigger than 15 square feet.

Example

You want to put up a 'Happy Birthday' banner made of cloth on your balcony.

You can do this because the banner is not for selling anything and is made of allowed material. But if the banner is bigger than 15 square feet, your neighborhood can ask you to take it down.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 6704 Homeowner Noncommercial Sign Rights

(a) The governing documents may not prohibit posting or displaying of noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or banners on or in a member’s separate interest, except as required for the protection of public health or safety or if the posting or display would violate a local, state, or federal law. (b) For purposes of this section, a noncommercial sign, poster, flag, or banner may be made of paper, cardboard, cloth, plastic, or fabric, and may be posted or displayed from the yard, window, door, balcony, or outside wall of the separate interest, but may not be made of lights, roofing, siding, paving materials, flora, or balloons, or any other similar building, landscaping, or decorative component, or include the painting of architectural surfaces. (c) An association may prohibit noncommercial signs and posters that are more than nine square feet in size and noncommercial flags or banners that are more than 15 square feet in size. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 605, Sec. 21. (SB 752) Effective January 1, 2014.)

Last verified: January 21, 2026

Key Terms

noncommercial signspostersflagsbannerspublic health or safetygoverning documentsseparate interest

Related Statutes

  • § 4710 Homeowner Noncommercial Sign Rights
  • § 4715 Pet Ownership In Hoas
  • § 4736 Drought Pressure Washing Ban
  • § 6700 Association Regulation Limits
  • § 4700 Association Member Use Limits

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Civil Code. Section 6704.
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