San Bernardino, CA Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Annual sale limit
- 12 sales per calendar year
- Maximum duration
- 3 consecutive days
- Allowed hours
- Daylight hours only
- Allowed dates
- Third weekend of the month
- Exemptions
- Estate sales, non-profit sales
Summary
San Bernardino caps yard sales at 12 per calendar year per seller or location, each lasting no more than three consecutive days during daylight hours, and restricts them to the third weekend of each month under Municipal Code § 8.14.020. Estate sales and non-profit sales are exempt from the date restriction.
(A) (1) Subject to the additional limitations imposed by division (B) and (C) below, no yard sale shall be conducted by any seller or at any location more frequently than 12 times in any calendar year. (2) For purposes of this section, CALENDAR YEAR means the 12-month period from January through December, inclusive. (B) Yard sales may be conducted up to a maximum period of three consecutive days. (C) Yard sales may be conducted only during daylight hours. (D) (1) Yard sales shall only be conducted on the third weekend of each month. (2) For purposes of this division (D), the term WEEKEND means Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-2: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. MC-1666, passed 8-5-2026).
Full Breakdown
020 sets four separate limits on yard sales. Division (A) caps yard sales at no more than 12 per calendar year for any given seller or location, with CALENDAR YEAR defined as the 12-month period from January through December. Division (B) limits any single yard sale to a maximum of three consecutive days. Division (C) restricts sale hours to daylight hours only. Division (D) confines yard sales to the third weekend of each month, defining WEEKEND as Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 030 adds that only personal property, not new merchandise or resale goods, may be sold, that items cannot be displayed in the public right-of-way, and that the display area must remain accessible for fire safety and other official inspection at all times during the sale. 060 exempts non-profit organizations from those same date limits when the sale is on property the non-profit owns or leases.
Violations & Fines
Violating any provision of Chapter 8.14, including exceeding the 12-sale annual cap, running a sale longer than three days, or holding one outside the third weekend, is an infraction or misdemeanor under § 8.14.070, punishable per the Chapter 1.12 schedule: up to $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second within a year, $500 for a third, and misdemeanor treatment (up to six months in jail, $1,000 fine) for a fourth.
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