Hours are not fixed by ordinance. South Bend and Mishawaka set no official garage sale start and end times, so daytime operation is the norm, with general noise rules and sign limits the real constraints.
No county or city ordinance sets garage sale hours across St. Joseph County. South Bend and Mishawaka publish no fixed start or stop time for residential sales, so the practical expectation is daylight operation, morning into late afternoon. The enforceable limits are indirect: municipal noise ordinances restrict early-morning and late-night disturbance, and sign rules bar posting on utility poles, traffic signs, and public rights-of-way. A sale that spills into the evening with amplified noise, or that blocks the sidewalk or street, is handled under those general rules rather than a garage sale hours provision. Take down directional signs promptly once the sale ends.
No hard hours penalty exists for garage sales. Early or late sales that create noise, or signs left on poles and rights-of-way, are cited under general noise and sign ordinances.
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