Bartow County, GA Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

10 of the Zoning Ordinance treats outside sales as prohibited on a residentially-zoned or residentially-used lot in unincorporated Bartow County, with one carved-out exception for yard sales, garage sales and carport sales. A homeowner can hold one of these sales, but no more often than once per calendar quarter, meaning four times a year at most, spread roughly three months apart. Once a sale starts, it cannot run past 72 hours, so a Friday-morning start has to wrap up by Monday morning at the latest.

The ordinance draws a sharp line between a resident selling their own household goods and a commercial flea market. Flea markets, defined in the section as events where vendors other than the property owner sell goods, are not permitted in any zoning district in the county, residential or otherwise. That means a property owner cannot rent out yard space to outside sellers and call it a garage sale; only the property owner's own sale qualifies for the quarterly allowance.