Garage & Yard Sales in Wisconsin (2026)
24 rules on the books across Wisconsin, 24 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Frequency, Duration & Permits
How many garage sales you may hold per year, how long each may run, and whether your city requires a permit or registration before you post the first sign.
Winnebago County
Significant RestrictionsWinnebago County's zoning code lists a yard sale as a Series 18 temporary land use, so under § 23.7-291 no yard sale on…
Read full rule →Appleton
Some RestrictionsAppleton limits a rummage sale to three consecutive days and no more than three such sales on the same lot per calendar…
Read full rule →Ashwaubenon
Some RestrictionsAshwaubenon's zoning code treats frequent rummage sales as a prohibited accessory use in residential districts once a…
Read full rule →Beloit
Some RestrictionsBeloit's zoning code lets a residential occupant hold no more than 2 garage or yard sales per calendar year, each…
Read full rule →Burlington
Some RestrictionsBurlington caps rummage, garage and yard sales at three per calendar year per address under City Code § 254-4. Each…
Read full rule →De Pere
Some RestrictionsDe Pere caps residential garage sales at three per calendar year, with each sale running no more than three consecutive…
Read full rule →Fitchburg
Some RestrictionsFitchburg, Wisconsin caps residential garage sales at two per premises per year under City Code § 22-55(2)(h), with…
Read full rule →Green Bay
Some RestrictionsGreen Bay caps rummage and garage sales at four events totaling no more than 16 days per calendar year at any…
Read full rule →Kenosha
Some RestrictionsKenosha caps rummage and garage sales at six calendar days per year under Section 11.149: sales must stick to personal…
Read full rule →Marathon County
Some RestrictionsMarathon County's zoning code caps garage, yard, estate, and in-home sales at four per year, three days each, in the…
Read full rule →Middleton
Some RestrictionsCity of Middleton limits garage and estate sales to four days each and caps them at four sales per calendar year, with…
Read full rule →Milton
Some RestrictionsMilton limits a garage or estate sale to four days at a time. The definition in City of Milton Code Sec. 78-03.30(1)…
Read full rule →Milwaukee
Some RestrictionsMilwaukee caps residential rummage sales at 2 per year, each lasting no more than 3 days, under the zoning code's…
Read full rule →Neenah
Some RestrictionsNeenah limits yard sales to three per year per address and no more than three consecutive days each, allowed only as an…
Read full rule →New Berlin
Some RestrictionsNew Berlin's Zoning Code caps rummage and garage sales at four consecutive days and no more than three sales per…
Read full rule →Rothschild
Some RestrictionsRothschild caps garage and rummage sales at three per year per property and limits each sale to 72 consecutive hours…
Read full rule →Sun Prairie
Some RestrictionsThe City of Sun Prairie caps residential garage, yard and rummage sales at four sales per year with a combined total of…
Read full rule →Wausau
Some RestrictionsWausau caps garage and estate sales, also called rummage or yard sales, at four days each, held no more than four times…
Read full rule →Wauwatosa
Some RestrictionsWauwatosa caps rummage, garage, yard and estate sales at three per residential property each calendar year, with each…
Read full rule →West Allis
Some RestrictionsWest Allis zoning code caps residential rummage sales at five days and $2,000 in total revenue per calendar year before…
Read full rule →Madison
Light RestrictionsMadison caps every yard or garage sale at four days and allows only one per property in any three-month period under…
Read full rule →Walworth County
Light RestrictionsWalworth County's zoning code does not cap how many rummage or garage sales a resident in the towns under Walworth…
Read full rule →Waukesha
Light RestrictionsWaukesha lets any property hold a rummage sale, also called a garage sale, without a building permit, but the zoning…
Read full rule →Little Chute
Few RestrictionsThe Village of Little Chute requires no license or permit for an occasional garage or yard sale; the code defines…
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