Johnson County sets no cap on how often you can hold a yard sale, and Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty impose no fixed yearly limit. The real brakes are an HOA covenant or selling so continuously it reads as running a business.
No county ordinance limits how many garage sales a household holds, because the county does not license the sales at all. The cities likewise skip the strict two-to-four-a-year caps some Iowa towns use; their concern is signs, noise and cleanup, not a sale count, so you can hold occasional sales freely. The practical limits are two: a homeowners association covenant that restricts sales, and the risk that near-continuous selling from a residence looks like retail activity, which can trigger Iowa City or Coralville home-occupation and zoning scrutiny. An occasional weekend sale is never a problem.
No county or city frequency citation applies to occasional sales. Continuous, ongoing selling from a home can be treated as an unlicensed home-occupation or retail zoning violation in the cities.
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