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Garage & Yard Sales in Lake Charles, LA (2026)

1 verified garage & yard sales rules for Lake Charles, Louisiana, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Frequency, Duration & Permits

Lake Charles limits private garage and yard sales to three calendar days per month at a single residential address. Sec. 12-51(c)(1) exempts these sales from the city's secondhand dealer licensing law only while they stay within that limit; run a sale a fourth day in the same month and the property no longer qualifies as an exempt private sale.

Lake Charles Garage Sale 3-Day Cap

Some Restrictions

Lake Charles, LA Code of Ordinances § 12-51(c)(1)

(c)The requirements of this ordinance shall not apply to:(1)Private residential sales commonly known as garage sales or yard sales as long as the sale takes place at a residential address not zoned for business or commercial activity and as long as the residential address where the yard or garage sale is taking place is not used for such sale more than three calendar days in one month.