Worcester County Emergency Services Addressing Your Responsibility

Your Responsibility

All residences and businesses in unincorporated areas of Worcester County are assigned address numbers. Property owners, residents or businesses must post their address numbers immediately. Owners are responsible for purchasing the numbers. Each digit must be:

  • At least 3-inches tall
  • Made of durable material
  • Printed in a contrasting color from the background
  • Clearly visible from the street

All numbers need to be seen easily from the road and must be placed immediately above or beside the main door of the building or at the entrance to the property. If any building is more than seventy-five (75) feet from the road, place the numbers at the main entrance or driveway. Be sure they are on the same side of the road as the building you are identifying, even if you mailbox is across the road from your house/building.