Indianapolis, IN Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

Sec. 10(C) of the 'Sign Regulations of Marion County,' codified separately as Appendix D, Part 19 of the Code, rather than the general commercial sign standards in Chapter 645. That cross-reference sits inside the same article that caps garage sales at two per location per year and three consecutive days each (Sec. 987-202), bars reselling goods bought for resale, and bans holding the sale itself in a travel lane, on a median, or on a sidewalk in a way that blocks pedestrians (Sec. 987-203(a)-(b)). A prior version of the article also required sellers to remove their advertising after the sale, but that removal requirement, formerly Sec.

O. 74, 1999, § 2, leaving Sec. 987-203(c)'s cross-reference to the Sign Regulations of Marion County as the operative control on garage-sale signage today. The garage sale itself is still defined the same way throughout the article, as an advertised sale of used, tangible personal property at a home in a dwelling district, planned unit development district, or a property otherwise used primarily as a residence, under Sec. 987-201, so the sign rule only applies to sales that already meet that residential-use threshold. Because Appendix D, Part 19 is administered separately from the garage-sale chapter itself, a resident who wants exact sign-size or placement numbers needs to consult that appendix directly rather than Chapter 987.