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Garage and yard sales in Mendota

Mendota's own rules on garage and yard sales, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Mendota Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Mendota's code says

Mendota code What Mendota's code adds
Hours
  • Sales only during daylight hours, and no sale may last more than 12 hours.
    § 5.04.200 · code text
    Garage sales shall only be conducted during daylight hours.
Permit
  • You need a permit from the city clerk; the fee is $5.00.
    Applies: Garage sales in a residential district.
    § 5.04.200 · code text
    An administrative fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be charged for all garage sale permits.
Sales per year
  • No more than 6 sales per calendar year.
    Applies: Per premises in a residential district.
    § 5.04.200 · code text
    No more than six garage sales may be conducted on any premises in a residential district during a calendar year.
  • 1 extra sale is allowed.
    Applies: When the premises changed owners that year, with proof submitted with the permit application.
    § 5.04.200 · code text
    One additional sale shall be permitted upon satisfactory proof that a change in ownership of the premises occurred during such year with the Garage Sale Permit application.
Signs
  • Each sign may be no larger than 4 square feet.
    Applies: Each single garage sale sign.
    § 5.04.200 · code text
    Any single sign advertising a garage sale shall not exceed an area of four square feet.
  • All signs together may be no larger than 12 square feet.
    Applies: All signs for a garage sale.
    § 5.04.200 · code text
    All signs advertising a garage sale shall not exceed a cumulative area of twelve (12) square feet.
  • Up to 2 signs may go off the sale site with the property owner's written permission in advance.
    Applies: Signs off the garage sale site.
    § 5.04.200 · code text
    Up to two signs advertising a garage sale may be displayed off the garage sale premises if written permission to display such sign is obtained from the property owner in advance.
  • Signs may go up only during the sale and must come down when it ends.
    § 5.04.200 · code text
    Signs advertising garage sales may be displayed only during the time of the garage sale and shall be removed at the time the garage sale ends.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the garage sale rules in Mendota?

Mendota's code: No more than 6 sales per calendar year. (Per premises in a residential district.) (§ 5.04.200); You need a permit from the city clerk; the fee is $5.00. (Garage sales in a residential district.) (§ 5.04.200).

General information, not legal advice.

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