Sale timing is set town by town in Somerset County. Franklin Township permits fix a two- to three-day window, with an optional rain date. Hillsborough limits sign display to 48 hours before and after. Daytime hours are the norm countywide.
How long and when a sale can run is a municipal call. Franklin Township's permit sets the duration directly: each permit authorizes a single two- to three-day period during which the garage, yard, or tag sale may take place, and residents may request a rain date, but the sale cannot run open-ended. Hillsborough, without a permit, controls timing through signage — sale signs may not be displayed more than 48 hours before or after the event. Across Somerset County the practical constraint is daytime operation: sales run in daylight hours, and general municipal noise ordinances bar early-morning or late-night disturbance that a sale might generate.
Running a sale beyond the permitted window — past the two- to three-day period in Franklin Township — or leaving signs up outside the allowed timeframe is a municipal ordinance violation carrying a fine.
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