Jonesboro, AR Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

Under Sec. 117-226(4), a garage sale includes yard sales, rummage sales, and carport sales of miscellaneous goods like clothing and housewares on residential or agricultural property, whether held inside or outside a house, garage, or carport. Each sale must be registered, in writing or by phone, with the city's code enforcement department at least 48 hours before it starts, during regular business hours. Each property address or person is limited to no more than four such sales in a calendar year, and no single sale can run longer than two consecutive days.

Sales must be held on the seller's own property, though a multi-family sale is allowed if it's hosted at the property of one of the participants. Goods purchased specifically for resale can't be offered, and consignment goods are barred entirely, keeping the exemption limited to genuine personal-property sales rather than informal retail. Advertising is capped too: directional and advertising signs for the sale can be no larger than four square feet, must be freestanding rather than attached to traffic signs, utility poles, or trees, and must come down promptly once the sale ends.

These limits sit within Article VI's accessory-use rules, treating a garage sale as an accessory use to the residential or agricultural use of the property rather than a standalone commercial activity, which is why it escapes the city's general business licensing requirements as long as the frequency and duration caps are respected.