Section 11-111.2 - Restrictions on candidate signs and propositions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-111.2. Restrictions on candidate signs and propositions.
 

(a)  "Candidate sign" defined.- In this section, "candidate sign" means a sign on behalf of a candidate for public office or a slate of candidates for public office. 

(b)  Exceptions.- Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a recorded covenant or restriction, a provision in a declaration, or a provision in the bylaws or rules of a condominium may not restrict or prohibit the display of: 

(1) A candidate sign; or 

(2) A sign that advertises the support or defeat of any question submitted to voters in accordance with the Election Law Article. 

(c)  Restrictions.- A recorded covenant or restriction, a provision in a declaration, or a provision in the bylaws or rules of a condominium may restrict the display of a candidate sign or a sign that advertises the support or defeat of any proposition: 

(1) In the common elements; 

(2) In accordance with provisions of federal, State, and local law; or 

(3) If a limitation to the time period during which signs may be displayed is not specified by a law of the jurisdiction in which the condominium is located, to a time period not less than: 

(i) 30 days before the primary election, general election, or vote on the proposition; and 

(ii) 7 days after the primary election, general election, or vote on the proposition. 
 

[1998, ch. 439; 2002, ch. 303, § 2.]