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

Section 11-366 defines a 'garage/occasional sale' broadly to cover a yard sale, patio sale, plant sale, sample sale, rummage sale, flea market, or estate sale, any casual sale of personal or household property advertised so the public at large can attend. ' Permits are restricted to individuals who are residents of Plano, a nonresident or a business cannot obtain one under § 11-367(b). Once issued, the permit must be displayed on the premises for the entire duration of the sale (§ 11-367(c)) and must show the name and address of the person conducting it (§ 11-367(d)).

The permit requirement sits alongside two other numeric limits in the same section: no more than three garage/occasional sales per calendar year at the same address or by the same resident, and no single sale may run longer than seventy-two consecutive hours, with at least five business days required between consecutive sales. Signage advertising the sale must also comply with the city's sign ordinance and come down within twelve hours of the sale ending under § 11-368.