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Conway, AR Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

Light Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Permit required
No, for residential sales
Maximum sign size
6 square feet
Signs per frontage
One sign per street frontage
Pointer signs
One per sale, at intersections
Earliest posting time
6:00 p.m. night before
Removal deadline
7:00 p.m. day sale ends

Summary

Conway Municipal Code § 4.60.06 lets residential garage and yard sales post signs without a permit, but caps each sign at six square feet on a freestanding stake, limits placement to one sign per street frontage plus one pointer sign at an intersection, and bans sign placement on public property earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before the sale.

4.60.06 - Signs. No permit is required—May be used for residential garage/yard sales only. ... All signs shall be no larger than six (6) sq. ft., placed on a single or double stake or other freestanding manner. ... One (1) sign at the location of the sale for each street frontage on that property. One (1) pointer sign per sale may be placed in any intersection under the following conditions. No garage/yard sale sign shall be placed, affixed, stapled, glued, taped to any utility pole, street sign, tree, stop sign, fence, etc. No garage/yard sale sign shall be placed in any public right-of-way in a manner as to interfere with traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, or interfere with any residential, commercial or industrial property. ... No garage/yard sale signs shall be placed on public property any earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before and must be picked up by 7:00 p.m. the day the sale is over.

Full Breakdown

Section 4.60.06 of the Conway Municipal Code governs garage and yard sale signs and applies only to residential sales; no permit is required to post one. Every sign must be six square feet or smaller and mounted on a single or double freestanding stake rather than attached to something else. Property owners get one sign at the sale location for each street frontage the property has, and the ordinance allows one additional pointer sign per sale to be placed at an intersection, subject to placement conditions.

Those conditions bar attaching, stapling, gluing or taping any garage or yard sale sign to a utility pole, street sign, tree, stop sign or fence, and bar placing a sign in the public right-of-way in a way that interferes with vehicular or pedestrian traffic or with a neighboring residential, commercial or industrial property. Timing is also fixed: a sign cannot go up on public property any earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before the sale starts, and it has to come down by 7:00 p.m. on the day the sale ends, so a weekend sale that wraps up Saturday needs its signs removed by 7:00 p.m. that same day. The section traces to Ordinance No. O-94-54, Section 2.04, as amended by Ordinance No. O-06-134.

Violations & Fines

Chapter 4.60's general penalty in Section 4.60.07 applies to sign violations along with the rest of the yard sale rules: a misdemeanor fine of at least $25.00 and up to $100.00, with each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense. Leaving a pointer sign up past the 7:00 p.m. removal deadline, or stapling one to a utility pole, exposes the seller to that fine.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a permit for a garage sale sign in Conway?
No. Section 4.60.06 says no permit is required for garage and yard sale signs, but the sign can be used only for a residential garage or yard sale, must be six square feet or smaller, and has to follow the ordinance's placement and timing rules or it becomes a violation.
Can I put my garage sale sign on a stop sign or utility pole?
No. Section 4.60.06 specifically bars affixing, stapling, gluing or taping a garage or yard sale sign to any utility pole, street sign, tree, stop sign or fence, and also bars placing a sign in the public right-of-way where it interferes with traffic or with someone else's property.
When do I have to take my garage sale signs down?
By 7:00 p.m. on the day the sale ends, per Section 4.60.06. You can put signs up no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before the sale starts, so the whole posting window runs from the evening before through the final evening of the sale.

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