There is no yard-sale permit in unincorporated Lee County; the county can't license residential sales. Auburn and Opelika set their own rules, and Auburn treats occasional household-goods sales as exempt temporary sales.
Permits for yard sales are a city device, never a county one in Alabama. Lee County issues no yard-sale permit or fee for the unincorporated area, because a county's limited self-governance powers cover nuisance and litter but not the licensing a permit scheme needs. A resident there simply holds the sale. Inside the cities it's different: Auburn's code treats garage and yard sales of genuine household goods, none bought for resale, as exempt temporary sales rather than requiring a business license, subject to a yearly day limit, and Opelika regulates sale signage. Check the city if your property sits inside Auburn or Opelika limits.
In the unincorporated county there is no permit to violate. Inside Auburn or Opelika, running a sale outside the city's temporary-sale rules, or selling goods bought for resale, can trigger business-license or code enforcement.
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