Kanawha County does not license residential yard sales, so no county cleanup code governs them directly. Merchandise, signs and debris left out afterward can be reached as a nuisance; inside the cities, property-maintenance codes require prompt cleanup.
The unincorporated county sets no garage-sale property-maintenance rule of its own — it does not permit or regulate the sales at all. What it can reach is the aftermath. Tables, unsold goods, signs and debris left piling up in a yard after a sale become a nuisance the county can order abated under its general nuisance authority. Inside Charleston and the other cities, the property-maintenance code applies directly: goods and displays must be cleared and signs removed promptly, and yards that develop a pattern of visible clutter draw blight citations.
The county issues no garage-sale citation, but leftover goods and debris left to accumulate can be abated as a nuisance. Inside a city, blight and sign citations apply after the sale.
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