Georgetown, KY Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

Georgetown regulates garage sales in Article II of Chapter 24. Section 24-19 defines a garage sale as any sale called a garage sale, lawn sale, attic sale, rummage sale, yard sale or similar casual sale of tangible personal property that is advertised by any means by which the public at large is or can be made aware of it. The same section defines a person to include individuals, partnerships, voluntary associations and corporations, and says the term includes religious or charitable institutions.

The frequency rule in Section 24-21 attaches to the location, not to the seller. No location may be used for a garage sale by any person more than three times in any 12-month period. The only carve-out printed in that section is for locations actually owned by a religious, charitable or civic organization, which are not subject to the limit. Section 24-20 removes the paperwork barrier: no permit or fee is required before a garage sale in the city, so the three-sale count is not tracked through any permit system and falls to enforcement staff to prove.

Section 24-22 lists sales the article does not reach at all: sales made under an order process of a court of competent jurisdiction, sales by persons acting in accordance with their powers and duties as public officials, and a person selling or advertising an item of personal property named or described in the advertisement where the separate items do not exceed five in number.

Section 24-23 makes any violation of the article a civil offense enforced under Chapter 2, Article VI by the code enforcement board, hearing officers, code enforcement officers and citation officers. Violations are Class 1, and the penalty comes from Section 2-842. The article prints no separate cap on how many days or hours a single sale may run.