Hawthorne, CA Property Maintenance: Garage Sale Rules (2026)

Hawthorne requires a permit for garage and lawn sales under Chapter 5.46 (Garage or Lawn Sales) of the Hawthorne Municipal Code. According to the code, only one garage or lawn sale permit may be issued to an individual and/or address during any calendar year; in certain commercial and industrial zones, up to two such permits may be issued to an individual and/or address during a calendar year. Each permit is in force for a period of two consecutive days, so the sale must be conducted within that window. The fee for the permit is set by resolution of the City Council rather than fixed in the code text, so residents should confirm the current amount with the city's Licensing division, which handles permits and can be reached at (310) 349-2935. Because the city caps residential sales at one permitted event per year, frequent or ongoing yard sales are not allowed and could be treated as an unpermitted commercial use. These rules are set by the City of Hawthorne, not Los Angeles County. No fetched source states a specific dollar permit fee, so none is asserted here; the code provides that the fee is established by resolution.