Long Beach, CA Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Single-family limit
- 2 permits per calendar year
- Multifamily limit
- 1 per quarter, 4 per year max
- Sale duration
- 3 consecutive days per permit
- Weather makeup
- No-cost replacement, doesn't count
- Impound makeup
- Replacement permit under 5.40.040
Summary
Long Beach Municipal Code Section 5.40.030 caps how often a single address can run a garage sale: single-family addresses get two permits per calendar year, multifamily addresses get one permit per quarter (four per year), and every permit covers no more than three consecutive days.
Permits shall be issued according to street address. Except as authorized in Section 5.40.080, permit applicants shall provide proof of residence at the address for which the permit is sought. For single-family dwellings, no more than two (2) permits shall be issued to any one (1) street address in any one (1) calendar year for any type of garage sale. For multifamily dwellings, no more than one (1) permit shall be issued per street address per quarter, not to exceed four (4) within any one (1) calendar year. Each permit shall be for no more than three (3) consecutive days.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 52 Update 1 | City Charter: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
030(A) ties permits to the street address rather than the person: 'Permits shall be issued according to street address... For single-family dwellings, no more than two (2) permits shall be issued to any one (1) street address in any one (1) calendar year for any type of garage sale. 080 allows an estate-sale representative to apply from the deceased's or their own residence. 030(B) lets the applicant request a no-cost replacement permit within one week of the original start date, and that makeup permit doesn't count against the annual limit.
040: if law enforcement impounds sale merchandise to verify ownership and later returns it, the seller can get a replacement permit that likewise doesn't count toward the yearly cap. 085 count as one of the shared address's permitted sales, whether the single-family two-per-year or multifamily four-per-year limit applies.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the permitted number of garage sales at an address, or running a sale longer than the three-day cap, is enforced the same way as an unpermitted sale: a $200 infraction for the first Chapter 5.40 violation, $400 for the second, and a misdemeanor under Penal Code Section 17 for the third.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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