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Garage and yard sales in Moreno Valley

Moreno Valley'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 Moreno Valley Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Moreno Valley's code says

Moreno Valley code What Moreno Valley's code adds
Hours
  • 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
    § 5.18.040 · code text
    No garage sale shall be conducted between the hours of eight p.m. to eight a.m.
How long a sale may last
  • No more than 3 days in a row.
    § 5.18.040 · code text
    No garage sale shall be conducted between the hours of eight p.m. to eight a.m. or be conducted for longer than three consecutive days.
Sales per year
  • No more than 3 sales.
    Applies: Per person and per lot, in any 12 months in a row.
    § 5.18.040 · code text
    No person, firm, association or corporation shall conduct more than three garage sales during any period of 12 consecutive months
Signs
  • 1 unlit on-site sign up to 4 square feet, plus up to 2 same-size directional signs elsewhere with owner consent.
    Applies: Directional signs go on other private property with written consent. No signs in the public right-of-way.
    § 5.18.060 · code text
    No more than one such sign, which shall be unlighted, and which shall not exceed four square feet in area, may be posted, erected or maintained, except that not more than two additional directional signs of like size may be placed on other private property with the written consent of the owner or person in charge of such other property.
  • Signs: up at most 5 days before the sale; removed by the close of the last sale day.
    § 5.18.060 · code text
    No sign posted, erected or maintained pursuant to this section shall be maintained for a period of more than five days immediately preceding the lawful commencement of the garage sale. Each such sign shall be removed at or before the close of the last day on which the garage sale may be lawfully conducted.

Who this affects

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Frequently asked questions

What are the garage sale rules in Moreno Valley?

Moreno Valley's code: No more than 3 sales. (Per person and per lot, in any 12 months in a row.) (§ 5.18.040); 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (§ 5.18.040).

General information, not legal advice.

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