Clarksville requires anyone holding a yard or garage sale to register the holder's name, phone number, location and date with the building official. Sellers must live in the city, and are capped at two sales a year.
Chapter 6 of Title 5 groups yard sales with pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers. Section 5-606 limits sellers to people residing in Clarksville at the time of the sale, as homeowner or renter, and requires registration with the building official. Section 5-607 caps sales at two per year, three consecutive days each, and the building official keeps the record. Cross that limit and the commissioner of finance and revenue may require a Business Tax Act license, sales tax, and an inventory open to inspection. Section 5-608 bars advertising the sale on telephone or utility poles; only temporary signs inside the sale yard are permitted, and sellers may not congest traffic.
Holding more than two sales a year triggers Business Tax Act licensing, sales tax, and inventory inspection by the commissioner of finance and revenue. Pole advertising is unlawful.
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