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Garage & Yard Sales in Dubuque, IA (2026)

1 verified garage & yard sales rules for Dubuque, Iowa, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Frequency, Duration & Permits

Dubuque zoning treats a garage sale as a residential accessory use, capped at three sales per premises per calendar year with each sale running no more than three consecutive days. The identical three-sale, three-day cap is written into the accessory use list for every residential zoning district, from R-1 through R-4.

Dubuque Garage Sale Frequency and Duration Limits

Some Restrictions

Dubuque City Code § 16-5-2-3

16-5-2-3: ACCESSORY USES: ... The following uses are permitted as accessory uses as provided in section 16-3-7 of this title: ... Garage sale, provided that not more than three (3) such sales shall be allowed per premises per calendar year and not more than three (3) consecutive days per sale.