The City of Yakima caps yard sales at two per dwelling unit each year, and each sale may run no more than three consecutive days. Unincorporated county sales have no fixed numeric cap but cannot become a business.
Frequency rules are set locally, not by the county. The clearest limit is in the City of Yakima: under Yakima Municipal Code 15.04, a dwelling may hold only two yard or garage sales per calendar year, each lasting no more than three consecutive days, so the property does not operate as ongoing retail. Unincorporated Yakima County publishes no hard numeric limit for occasional home sales, but repeated sales can cross into running an unlicensed business and trigger zoning enforcement. The practical line everywhere is between a genuine occasional household sale and a recurring commercial operation.
Exceeding the City of Yakima's two-sale, three-day limit violates the zoning code and can bring a code-compliance citation. Recurring sales elsewhere may be treated as an unlicensed business.
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