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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 Restrictions

Winnebago County's zoning code lists a yard sale as a Series 18 temporary land use, so under § 23.7-291 no yard sale on…

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Appleton

Some Restrictions

Appleton limits a rummage sale to three consecutive days and no more than three such sales on the same lot per calendar…

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Ashwaubenon

Some Restrictions

Ashwaubenon's zoning code treats frequent rummage sales as a prohibited accessory use in residential districts once a…

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Beloit

Some Restrictions

Beloit's zoning code lets a residential occupant hold no more than 2 garage or yard sales per calendar year, each…

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Burlington

Some Restrictions

Burlington caps rummage, garage and yard sales at three per calendar year per address under City Code § 254-4. Each…

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De Pere

Some Restrictions

De Pere caps residential garage sales at three per calendar year, with each sale running no more than three consecutive…

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Fitchburg

Some Restrictions

Fitchburg, Wisconsin caps residential garage sales at two per premises per year under City Code § 22-55(2)(h), with…

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Green Bay

Some Restrictions

Green Bay caps rummage and garage sales at four events totaling no more than 16 days per calendar year at any…

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Kenosha

Some Restrictions

Kenosha caps rummage and garage sales at six calendar days per year under Section 11.149: sales must stick to personal…

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Marathon County

Some Restrictions

Marathon County's zoning code caps garage, yard, estate, and in-home sales at four per year, three days each, in the…

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Middleton

Some Restrictions

City of Middleton limits garage and estate sales to four days each and caps them at four sales per calendar year, with…

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Milton

Some Restrictions

Milton limits a garage or estate sale to four days at a time. The definition in City of Milton Code Sec. 78-03.30(1)…

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Milwaukee

Some Restrictions

Milwaukee caps residential rummage sales at 2 per year, each lasting no more than 3 days, under the zoning code's…

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Neenah

Some Restrictions

Neenah limits yard sales to three per year per address and no more than three consecutive days each, allowed only as an…

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New Berlin

Some Restrictions

New Berlin's Zoning Code caps rummage and garage sales at four consecutive days and no more than three sales per…

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Rothschild

Some Restrictions

Rothschild caps garage and rummage sales at three per year per property and limits each sale to 72 consecutive hours…

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Sun Prairie

Some Restrictions

The City of Sun Prairie caps residential garage, yard and rummage sales at four sales per year with a combined total of…

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Wausau

Some Restrictions

Wausau caps garage and estate sales, also called rummage or yard sales, at four days each, held no more than four times…

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Wauwatosa

Some Restrictions

Wauwatosa caps rummage, garage, yard and estate sales at three per residential property each calendar year, with each…

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West Allis

Some Restrictions

West Allis zoning code caps residential rummage sales at five days and $2,000 in total revenue per calendar year before…

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Madison

Light Restrictions

Madison caps every yard or garage sale at four days and allows only one per property in any three-month period under…

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Walworth County

Light Restrictions

Walworth County's zoning code does not cap how many rummage or garage sales a resident in the towns under Walworth…

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Waukesha

Light Restrictions

Waukesha lets any property hold a rummage sale, also called a garage sale, without a building permit, but the zoning…

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Little Chute

Few Restrictions

The Village of Little Chute requires no license or permit for an occasional garage or yard sale; the code defines…

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