Beaverton, OR Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Day limit
- 6 days per calendar year
- Sale type
- Resident's own used household goods
- Exceeding limit
- Triggers business license requirement
- Special-event sales
- Capped separately at 3 days/year
- Source
- BC 7.01.015(A), 'business' definition
Summary
Beaverton exempts a resident's yard or garage sale from business licensing only if the noncommercial, on-premises sale of used household goods runs no more than six days in any one-year period.
“Business” does not include (1) the sale of goods by a person at a special event so long as the sale is conducted no more than three days in any one-year period or (2) the noncommercial on-premises sale of used household goods by a person who resides on the premises (a yard or garage sale) so long as the sale is conducted on no more than six days in any one-year period.
B. “Doing business” means an act or series of acts performed in the course or pursuit of a business activity on more than one occasion or day in a calendar quarter and not as a one-time or isolated activity or event.
C. “Not-for-profit” means an entity that exists to accomplish some religious, charitable, humanitarian or educational purpose and for whom the United States and the state of Oregon have granted an exemption from income tax on that basis.
Full Breakdown
BC 7.01.015(A) defines 'business' for city licensing purposes and specifically excludes a resident's own yard or garage sale, the noncommercial, on-premises sale of used household goods, as long as it runs no more than six days in any calendar year. A separate carve-out lets a person sell goods at a special event for up to three days a year without a license. Exceed either day limit and the activity is no longer exempt, meaning BC 7.01.020's business-license requirement applies and a license must be obtained before continuing to sell.
Violations & Fines
A yard sale that runs beyond six days a year loses the exemption; the seller then needs a City business license under BC 7.01.020, and doing business without one is a Class 2 civil infraction under BC 7.01.065.
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