The City of Newark requires a permit for a yard or garage sale: $5 for a home sale, $10 for a street sale, bought in person at City Hall. Township and most village residents in Licking County generally hold sales without a county permit.
The permit rule that catches people out is Newark's. Inside the city you must buy a yard or garage sale permit before you sell, and it is issued in person at Newark City Hall, 40 West Main Street, for $5 for a home sale or $10 for a street sale, paid by exact-change cash or check. It is sold weekdays during counter hours, so plan ahead of a weekend sale. Licking County itself issues no yard-sale permit, and in the townships, where there is no licensing of residential sales, you generally just hold the sale. Other municipalities, such as Heath, Pataskala and Granville, set their own rules, so check the village or city if you are not in Newark.
Holding a Newark sale without the required permit can draw a citation under the city ordinance. Sign violations and leftover clutter carry separate property-maintenance and sign-code penalties.
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