Little Chute, WI Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- none, for occasional sales
- 'Occasional' defined as
- one time per calendar year
- Governing article
- precious metal & gem dealer licensing
- Applies to items like
- coins, bullion, precious metals
Summary
The Village of Little Chute requires no license or permit for an occasional garage or yard sale; the code defines 'occasional' as one time during any calendar year for purposes of the exemption.
No license or permit shall be required, nor shall the provisions of this section apply to occasional, garage or yard sales. In this subsection, the term "occasional" means one time during any calendar year.(2)Transactions between dealers licensed under this section or businesses regularly purchasing their stock from regularly established wholesalers, dealers or suppliers publicly doing business as such.(3)Transactions involving the purchase of grindings, filings, slag, sweeps, scraps or dust from an industrial manufacturer, dental laboratory, dentist or agent thereof.(4)Transactions involving the purchase of photographic film, such as lithographic and X-ray processing.(c)When permit is required. A permit, but no license, shall be required for estate sales, coin, gem or antique shows and sales of covered articles at conventions or auctions. (Code 2006, § 7-12-2)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 18 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Little Chute's only code language addressing garage and yard sales sits inside the village's precious-metal and gem dealer licensing article, Sec. 10-305. That section requires a dealer's license before anyone may buy, sell or exchange coins, bullion or other precious-metal 'covered articles' in the village, but subsection (b)(1) carves out occasional garage or yard sales entirely, so a resident holding a typical sale needs no license or permit from the village clerk. The code narrows 'occasional' to one time during any calendar year for purposes of this exemption; the dealer-licensing article, not a separate garage-sale ordinance, is what governs.
Violations & Fines
There's no permit violation for an occasional garage or yard sale. Selling precious metals, coins or gems more than once a year without the village's dealer license (Sec. 10-305) can trigger licensing and penalty provisions.
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