There is no garage-sale permit in unincorporated Madison County. The county's zoning authority does not extend to licensing residential sales, so no county application, fee, or approval exists. Any permit requirement would come from an HOA.
Permits for yard sales are a city or HOA device, not a county one in Alabama. Madison County issues no yard-sale permit for the unincorporated area and charges no fee. Even though the county zones unincorporated land, that power governs land use and development, not the licensing of a homeowner's occasional sale. A resident in Hazel Green, Meridianville, or Harvest simply holds the sale. Incorporated cities such as Huntsville and Madison may run their own permit programs within their limits, but those rules stop at the city line and do not reach unincorporated property.
No permit means no permit violation. The county cannot cite a resident for holding an unpermitted sale in unincorporated areas; only leftover junk or an HOA covenant breach can trigger enforcement.
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