Davenport does not require a permit or license for a residential garage, yard, or attic sale; they are exempt from transient-merchant licensing. Sales are capped at three per lot each year, no more than one every 30 days.
Davenport's residential-sales rules treat garage, yard, attic, alley, and neighborhood sales as an exempt use, not a transient-merchant or peddler activity that would need a license under Municipal Code Chapter 5.17. No application or fee is required to hold one. The trade-off is fixed limits: no more than three sales per residential lot per calendar year, no more than one sale every 30 days (city-wide organized sale events excepted), and each sale limited to 72 hours. Only personal property may be sold, not merchandise bought for resale.
Exceeding the frequency or duration limits, or running an ongoing retail operation from a home, is a code and zoning violation enforced as a municipal infraction, with escalating fines and an order to cease.
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