Salt Lake City, UT Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Max sales per year
- 2 per residence
- Max length per sale
- 7 days
- Governing chapter
- City Code ch. 5.60
- Default penalty
- Class B misdemeanor
Summary
Salt Lake City caps garage and yard sales at a private residence to two per calendar year, with each individual sale lasting no more than seven days, under the city's secondhand dealer ordinance.
It is unlawful for any person to hold or participate as a seller in more than two (2) sales of personal property at a private residence during a calendar year, or in any one (1) such sale exceeding seven (7) days in length.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-21: Code current through: Ord. 40-26, passed June 16, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Salt Lake City Code § 5.60.090 makes it unlawful to hold or sell as part of more than two personal-property sales at a private residence in a calendar year, or to run any single sale longer than seven days. The zoning sign rules echo the same limit, allowing garage/yard sale signs only twice a year for up to seven days per sale. There is no separate clock-hours-of-day restriction in the code: the limits are on frequency and sale duration, not time of day.
Violations & Fines
Violating the city code carries a default class B misdemeanor under § 1.12.050: up to a $1,000 fine and up to 6 months in jail, unless the ordinance specifies otherwise.
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