Showing ordinances that apply to Turley, OK
Turley is an unincorporated community (population 2,607) in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Because Turley is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Tulsa County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The garage sale permits rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Tulsa County does not require garage sale permits in unincorporated areas. City of Tulsa requires no permit but regulates signs under TRO § 60-204. Occasional sales are exempt from sales tax under OK Tax Commission rules.
Residents of unincorporated Tulsa County may hold garage, yard, and estate sales without any permit or registration. The City of Tulsa does not require a garage sale permit either; however, signage is regulated under TRO Title 60 § 60-204, which prohibits signs in public rights-of-way and utility poles. Other suburbs within Tulsa County (Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, Sand Springs, Owasso) may have their own permit rules — Broken Arrow requires no permit, while some surrounding municipalities limit to 2-4 sales per year. Oklahoma Tax Commission treats casual/occasional personal-property sales (fewer than 3 per year) as exempt from sales tax under OAC 710:65-13-8. More frequent sales cross into retail territory requiring sales tax permits (68 OS § 1364).
Sign violations in City of Tulsa ROW: $25-$50 citation, sign removal by city. Frequent sales operating as unlicensed retail: 68 OS § 1364 sales tax violations, fines up to $500 plus back taxes. Blight from unremoved merchandise: $50-$200 under TRO § 24-101.
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