Calaveras County, CA Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Calaveras County Code § 17.25.220.A.1
- Permit needed
- None, within the exemption
- Max consecutive days per sale
- 3 days
- Max sales per year
- 6 per calendar year
- Who can hold the sale
- A resident of the premises
- What can be sold
- Personal property only
Summary
Calaveras County Code § 17.25.220.A.1 lets a resident hold a yard or garage sale of personal property without any use permit, capped at three consecutive days per sale and no more than six sales in a calendar year. Other permits, such as a business license, are not triggered by an occasional sale within this cap.
17.25.220 - Temporary uses. ... A.Temporary Uses Not Requiring a Use Permit. The following types of temporary uses may be conducted without a use permit. Other permits, such as building permits, may be required.1.Yard/Garage Sales. Sales of personal property conducted by a resident of the premises with a maximum term of three consecutive days and occurring no more than six times a year.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
1, one of the temporary uses the county allows without any use permit at all. The sale has to be conducted by a resident of the premises rather than an outside seller, and personal property is what can be sold, not goods bought or made for resale. A single sale event is capped at three consecutive days, and a resident cannot hold more than six such sales at the same address within one calendar year. 220, which starts from the premise that temporary uses cannot permanently alter the character or physical facilities of the site.
A resident who wants to exceed the three-day, six-times-a-year cap, or who wants to hold a sale that goes beyond ordinary personal property, such as a recurring rummage sale operated as a business, would need to look instead at the temporary use permit or administrative use permit categories in subsections B and C of the same section, which cover other temporary commercial activity like seasonal sales and temporary outdoor sales.
Violations & Fines
A yard or garage sale that runs longer than three consecutive days, that happens more than six times in a calendar year, or that is not conducted by a resident of the property exceeds the exemption in § 17.25.220.A.1 and becomes an unpermitted zoning use, an infraction under Calaveras County Code § 17.41.050. The county can require the sale to stop and pursue abatement under Chapter 8.06 if the resident continues without obtaining the temporary or administrative use permit the activity would then require.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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