Under California Penal Code § 556, it is unlawful to post, or facilitate posting, materials on state, city, or county-owned property. This is an important law to keep in mind. However, the owner of the property does have the right to remove the flyers, or ask you to remove them.

Use wooden saw horses to create tables with an old door or window shutters. Space the horses far enough apart to support the doors or shutters. Cover the door with an old sheet. These makeshift tables are strong enough to display larger items such as an electric mixer, toaster, blender or coffeemaker safely.

California Vehicle Code section 21465 states, “No person shall place, maintain, or display upon, or in view of, any highway any unofficial sign, signal, device, or marking, or any sign, signal, device or marking which purports to be or is an imitation of, or resembles, an official traffic control device or which …

The city restricts the size of flyers or posters that can be posted on utility or traffic poles. The Los Angeles Municipal Code prohibits posting handbills or signs on street lamp posts, utility posts, street signs and traffic signs.

For safety reasons, please do not attach anything to power poles. Nails and staples can increase injury among utility workers, especially since line crews climb power poles. Foreign objects such as staples or nails embedded in the pole can lead to the utility worker snagging or getting a hole in their gloves.

First, you must ask permission from your local authority before putting up your signs on lamp posts. If you do not gain permission you could face a fine and your signs will be removed. Signs on lamp posts are made to be seen by slow moving traffic, and so the message needs to be clear and easy to read as they pass.

In most cities, it’s illegal to place posters on private property without express permission from the owner. Always speak to the manager before posting anything on the outside of a store or restaurant. You may even want to have them sign a release form to be 100% sure that you’re in the clear.

Public trees are not private property, so sticking a poster on them is acceptable, for lost cats and all that jazz.

Getting graffiti and fly-posters removed Fly-posters usually advertise or promote events and are placed without permission of the owner of the property and can take the form of stickers, signs or posters. Graffiti and fly-posting are both illegal, spoil both public and private property and can be very costly to remove.

Fly posting – putting up posters or signs without permission. In England/Wales, fly posting is illegal (in certain circumstances) under the Highways Act 1980 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Fly-posters usually advertise events with posters, stickers or bills that are put up without the permission of the property owner. Fly-posting is a criminal offence.