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Garage & Yard Sales in Columbia, SC (2026)

1 verified garage & yard sales rules for Columbia, South Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Frequency, Duration & Permits

Columbia caps residents at two garage sale permits per year for any one family unit, location, lot or premises. Each $5.50 permit covers a maximum of two consecutive days, excluding Sunday, and sales are restricted to 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with no Sunday selling allowed.

Columbia Garage Sale Permit Frequency Limit

Some Restrictions

Columbia, SC Code of Ordinances §§ 11-312, 11-316

It shall be unlawful for anyone to conduct a garage sale in the area described in section 11-311 without first obtaining a permit from the license inspector of the city for each sale, and such permit shall be posted at the site of the sale. The cost of each permit is to be $5.50. The maximum period of each permit is two consecutive days, not to include Sunday. The maximum number of permits allo...

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County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Columbia city rules.

Garage & Yard Sales in Richland County