Independence, MO Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Public signs
- Barred from streets/right-of-way
- Poles
- No signs on utility/traffic poles
- Private property
- Owner permission required
- Removal
- By the sale's last day
- Fine
- $10.00–$500.00 per violation
Summary
Garage-sale signs are barred from streets, public property, and utility poles in Independence, and must come down by the sale's last day under City Code Section 5.14.005.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place any sign advertising a garage sale in any street right-of-way or on any public property, including street signs and posts, and traffic signs and posts, or on any public utility pole. Any sign properly placed on private property where permission has been granted advertising such garage sale and meeting all provisions of the City Code shall be removed on or before the last day of such sale. The person responsible for conducting any such garage sale shall be responsible for removing any such sign.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
Section 5.14.005 of the City Code makes it unlawful to place a garage-sale sign in any street right-of-way or on public property, including street signs, traffic signs and posts, or utility poles. A sign may go up on private property only with the owner's permission and must otherwise meet the City's sign standards. Whoever is running the sale is personally responsible for removing that sign on or before the last day the sale runs, and violating any part of Article 14, including the sign rule, is punishable by a fine of $10.00 to $500.00 per offense.
Violations & Fines
Placing or failing to remove a garage-sale sign in violation of Section 5.14.005 is punishable by a fine of $10.00 to $500.00 per violation under Section 5.14.006.
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