Palm Bay, FL Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- None: no license needed
- Frequency limit
- 1 sale per residence per quarter
- Max duration
- 3 consecutive days
- Hours allowed
- Daylight hours only
- Residency rule
- Seller must live at sale site
Summary
Palm Bay residents can hold a garage sale without any permit or license, but the code caps sales at one per residence per quarter, three consecutive days, and daylight hours only.
(C) Only one (1) garage sale event per residence, per quarter shall be allowed. Each sales event per each address shall not exceed three (3) consecutive days and shall be conducted during daylight hours only. Multiple family garage sales are not prohibited. ... (G) No building permit or other permit or license shall be required to conduct a garage or yard sale.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-41: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2026-13, passed 5-21-26).
Full Breakdown
Palm Bay Code § 114.01 requires no building permit or license to hold a garage, yard, carport, or red tag sale, but the person holding it must live at the sale address, may run no more than one sale per residence per quarter, and must limit each sale to three consecutive days during daylight hours. Unsold property must be removed or hidden from public view afterward, resale of items bought specifically to flip is barred, and temporary sale signs are exempt from sign permits but must come down when the sale ends.
Violations & Fines
Violating § 114.01's requirements breaches § 114.02 and is punished under Fla. Stat. Ch. 162 code enforcement procedures or as a second degree misdemeanor.
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