Killeen, TX Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

Sec. 15-73 spells out nine conditions. A permit application must state the seller's name and address, the sale location, and the sale dates, and a copy has to stay posted where the sale is happening. The building and inspections division collects a fee set by the adopted fee schedule before it issues that permit. Only tangible personal property sold by someone who does not habitually engage in retail sales counts as a garage sale at all; a habitual reseller cannot use this article to dodge normal retail rules.

The two-sales-per-year cap and the three-day duration limit apply per address, not per resident, so a rental property changing hands mid-year still only gets two turns. Churches, charities and fraternal organizations get a carve-out: they can hold a fundraising sale on property they do not own and sell donated goods without those items counting against the household's own two-sale allowance. Sec. 15-72 confirms garage sales are allowed only where the primary use of the property is residential. If a sale runs illegally, meaning without a permit, past the third day, or beyond the two-per-year cap, Sec.

15-76 gives the operator just one hour after notice of violation to cease and desist. Building and inspections division staff, not the police department, handle the permit intake and posting checks, and the fee must be paid before the permit is issued rather than after the sale wraps up.