A Las Cruces yard or garage sale may run no more than four days per event, up to three times a year at one location. Daytime hours are the norm, and advertising signs must come down immediately once the sale ends or they become a code violation.
Duration is capped by the Land Development Code: a yard, garage, rummage, tag, or moving sale runs no more than four days per event, with no more than three events per calendar year at any one location. The code fixes the day limit rather than exact clock hours, so the practical constraint is daytime operation, backstopped by the city noise rules for early-morning or late-night disturbance. The tighter enforced rule around timing is signage: off-premises advertising signs, capped at three square feet, are legal only during the sale on private property, and must be removed immediately afterward. Codes Enforcement (575-528-4100) treats signs left up, or placed on public property, as a separate violation from the sale itself.
Running a sale beyond four days, or more than three times a year at one location, violates the zoning code. Leaving advertising signs up afterward, or on public property, is a separate petty misdemeanor: up to $500 or 90 days.
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