Norfolk, VA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

Section 38-110 of the Norfolk Code, part of the Article VI yard-and-garage-sale rules jointly enforced by the police department and special police officers under Sec. 38-105, prohibits erecting or displaying any sign advertising a yard or garage sale on a street, sidewalk, or other public right-of-way. Sellers are allowed exactly one sign, and it must be displayed on the premises where the sale is held rather than at an off-site location or intersection. That single sign cannot exceed twelve square feet in area, a size limit that applies regardless of how many days the sale runs under the separate three-day duration cap in Sec.

38-111. Once the permitted sale ends, the seller has twenty-four hours to take the sign down; leaving it up past that window is a separate violation from any sign-placement violation. The section cross-references Chapter 3's general advertising rules, meaning garage-sale signage sits within the city's broader sign-control scheme even though this specific size and removal rule is written just for yard and garage sales.