There is no garage-sale permit in unincorporated Mobile County. Alabama counties have no power to license residential sales, so no county application, fee, or approval exists. Any permit requirement would come from an HOA, not the county.
Permits for yard sales are a municipal or HOA device, never a county one in Alabama. Mobile County issues no yard-sale permit for the unincorporated Gulf Coast and charges no fee, because the Limited Self-Governance Act gives counties nuisance and litter powers but withholds the planning, zoning, and licensing authority a permit scheme requires. A resident in the unincorporated area simply holds the sale. Incorporated cities such as Mobile or Saraland 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 any enforcement.
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