At a glance
What to know: A video surveillance sign tells people that an area uses cameras or recording. The property or system operator approves the wording, legal requirements, size, visibility, quantity, and placement; Valley Sign Guys makes the sign.
Key takeaways
- The sign communicates a verified notice about your system. Use wording that accurately describes recording, audio, live monitoring, and response capabilities.
- Use high contrast and short primary wording; place contact, policy, or secondary detail at a size appropriate to the intended reading distance.
- For a quote, send exact approved text, logo and colors, quantity, dimensions, viewing distance, one- or two-sided need, site photos, surface, exposure, holes or hardware, and required in-use date.
Popular Uses
- Business entrances and loading areas where an approved recording notice must be visible on approach.
- Parking entries, garages, and lots with site-specific viewing distance and lighting.
- Warehouses, service areas, and controlled-access spaces with documented mounting conditions.
- Office, residential, school, or community properties using wording approved by the responsible operator.
- Interior doors, counters, and lobbies that need a smaller protected notice rather than an exterior panel.
Choose Your Sign Options
Sign details
- Material
- Rigid aluminum composite, aluminum, PVC, or another substrate selected for the approved placement and exposure
- Thickness
- Chosen from current stock based on finished size, support spacing, edge condition, wind, hardware, and access
- Graphics
- One- or two-sided full-color layout with exact customer-approved wording and symbols
- Finish
- Surface, edge, corner, and optional protective treatment selected around viewing, handling, and environment
- Mounting
- Holes, posts, brackets, frames, ties, or adhesive systems whose compatibility and load suitability are confirmed for the actual support by the responsible qualified party
- Exposure
- Indoor, sheltered, or exterior specification with UV, heat, dust, seasonal moisture, wind, cleaning, and service-life variables documented
- Compliance
- Wording, standards, dimensions, and placement supplied or verified by the responsible customer; no legal sufficiency guarantee
- Finished order
- Printed and finished sign panels with only the holes, hardware, or other items expressly listed in the written estimate
Available options
- Custom size based on viewing distance, text length, mounting area, property criteria, and available stock.
- One-sided wall mounting or two-sided post, fence, or projecting display when the support and approach require it.
- Square or rounded corners selected from exposed-edge safety, artwork, hardware, and production constraints.
- Pre-drilled holes located only after fastener, edge clearance, support spacing, and mounting pattern are confirmed.
- Logo, brand colors, camera symbols, and secondary instructions without weakening the primary notice.
Preparing files? Start with the artwork setup guide.
What We Need for Your Quote
Details to send
Final dimensions & specifications
- Supply customer- or qualified-advisor-approved final width, height, thickness, quantity, sides, corner treatment, and hole or mounting pattern.
- Provide the approved placement schedule, approach direction, viewing distance, mounting height, support details, lighting, obstructions, and indoor or outdoor exposure.
- Identify the property, privacy, regulatory, code, and accessibility standards the responsible operator has approved for the specific use.
Artwork files
- Provide exact approved wording and confirm that every video, audio, monitoring, operating-hours, security-response, or 24/7 statement is true.
- Supply approved symbols, translations, contact or policy text, logo files, colors, and vector artwork when available.
- Your property or security lead approves the wording, hierarchy, dimensions, standards, and placement; our artwork layout shows what will be printed but is not legal advice or a compliance review.
Order preparation
For your installer
- The finished order includes the printed panels and the approved holes, hardware, or other finishing listed in the written estimate.
- You or your installer verifies field fit, mounting design, structural suitability, placement, visibility, and current requirements before installation.
Plan These Separately
- Legal, privacy, security, regulatory, code, or accessibility advice, system design, monitoring, cameras, alarms, or a compliance guarantee.
- Site surveys, field measurements, placement decisions, mounting design, structural review, permits, installation labor, and installer scheduling.
- On-site troubleshooting, repairs, maintenance, inspections, or security and deterrence guarantees.
How We Make Your Sign
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1) Verify the message
Provide exact approved wording and confirm that every statement about video, audio, monitoring, operating hours, or recording accurately describes the system and current requirements.
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2) Supply approved dimensions + placement
Share final dimensions, quantity, viewing distance, approach direction, surface or post details, mounting height, approved placement schedule, indoor or outdoor exposure, lighting, obstructions, and reference photos.
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3) Approve the sign layout
Review text, symbols, logo, colors, type size, sides, material, thickness, corners, holes, hardware, safe margins, and orientation.
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4) We print and prepare the signs
We print, cut, drill, finish, and label the panels as listed in the written estimate. Your installer handles final placement and mounting.
Questions About This Sign
Are these weatherproof?
No sign should be called weatherproof without defining the complete build and site. Substrate, print or film, edges, penetrations, fasteners, support, UV, heat, dust, seasonal moisture, wind, cleaning, and maintenance all affect exterior performance.
What's the standard thickness?
There is no universal thickness for every surveillance sign. Finished size, substrate, support spacing, mounting holes, wind, exposed edges, handling, and current stock determine the appropriate panel.
Will Dibond rust?
Dibond is a brand of aluminum composite material, and aluminum faces do not behave like bare steel, but edges, coatings, fasteners, dissimilar metals, penetrations, irrigation, storm moisture, and the support system still require appropriate specification and inspection.
Single or double-sided?
Use one side when the sign mounts flat to a wall or only one approach needs notice. Consider two sides for a suitable post, fence, or projecting location only after orientation, opacity, support, wind, and property criteria are confirmed.
How do I mount them?
Your installer should select the method from the panel material and size, wall or post construction, loads, edge clearance, penetrations, removal goals, and access. Send the approved hole pattern and hardware specification so we can include the requested mounting preparation.
Do I need rounded corners?
Rounded corners may reduce exposed points and suit some artwork, but radius, edge clearance, hardware, panel material, and location should be reviewed together. They do not replace safe mounting or edge placement.
Can I use bright colors?
Yes, subject to the selected print process and brand or property criteria. Contrast between message and background matters more than brightness alone; review the proof at the intended size and viewing conditions.
What text should I include?
Use short, truthful, customer-approved language such as “Video Recording in Use” when accurate, plus only the symbols or secondary information the operator has verified. Never print a 24/7, audio, live-monitoring, or security-response claim by default.
Are these legally required?
Requirements can vary by location, property type, recording practices, audio use, placement, and current law. Ask your property or security lead to obtain appropriate legal guidance; we cannot guarantee that generic wording is required or sufficient.
How long will prints last?
Service life depends on substrate, print or film, orientation, UV, surface temperature, dust, moisture, abrasion, cleaning, edge protection, mounting, and maintenance. Those variables should be reviewed instead of relying on a fixed outdoor-year claim.
Can I clean them?
Use care instructions compatible with the selected face, ink, film, laminate, substrate, and edges. Test a small area, use soft tools, and avoid abrasives, aggressive solvents, or pressure that can damage graphics or force moisture into the panel or mounting.