No permit is needed. South Bend allows residential garage sales as a temporary accessory use with no city permit or fee, and unincorporated St. Joseph County has no garage sale license. Mishawaka regulates rummage sales only through zoning definitions.
Permits are simply not part of the garage sale picture here. South Bend's zoning ordinance treats a residential yard or garage sale as a permitted temporary, accessory use, so no clerk permit and no fee are required before you sell. Unincorporated St. Joseph County has no yard sale permit either. Mishawaka does not issue a garage sale permit; its zoning code merely defines a private rummage sale as a one- or two-family household sale and a public rummage sale as a nonprofit fundraiser, both allowed in residential districts. The only registrations Mishawaka lists are for businesses, not household sales. Confirm signage rules with your city before posting.
There is no permit to violate for a genuine household sale. Enforcement instead targets illegal signs on public property and sales frequent enough to amount to an unlicensed business.
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