No county ordinance sets garage-sale hours in unincorporated Kanawha County. Timing is effectively up to you, subject only to general noise-nuisance limits. Inside the cities, sales are expected to run in daytime hours.
The unincorporated county imposes no start time, end time, or day-of-week rule on residential yard sales, because it does not regulate the sales at all. The only real constraints are indirect: general nuisance and noise rules mean amplified sound or a pre-dawn disturbance can draw a complaint, and an HOA covenant may fix daytime-only hours. Inside Charleston and the other cities, sales are expected to be conducted during reasonable daytime hours and to avoid blocking streets or creating congestion — a genuine concern on the valley's narrow hillside streets. Inside a city, follow its practice; in the unincorporated county, timing is up to you.
No county hours citation exists in unincorporated areas. Anywhere in the county, excessive early-morning or amplified noise can draw a nuisance complaint; inside a city, blocking narrow streets can prompt enforcement.
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Kanawha County, WV
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