No ordinance sets garage-sale hours in Johnson County or its cities. Sales run in daylight by custom, and the limits that actually bite are the noise ordinance and same-day cleanup of merchandise and signs.
The unincorporated county sets no start time, end time or day limit on residential yard sales because it does not regulate them, and Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty leave sale hours to common practice rather than a dedicated ordinance — so sales run during daylight on whatever days the seller picks, weekends being most common. The constraints that do apply are indirect: each city's noise ordinance limits early-morning or amplified disturbance, and property-maintenance rules require merchandise, tables and signs cleared from public view after the sale. Off-street or considerate on-street parking keeps a busy sale from drawing complaints.
No county or city hours citation exists for the sale itself. Excessive early or amplified noise can draw a nuisance complaint, and goods or signs left out afterward can draw a property-maintenance citation in the cities.
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