Garage sale rules are set town by town in Atlantic County. Egg Harbor Township requires a $5 clerk permit, caps sales at four per year and two days each, hours 9 a.m. to sunset. Brigantine allows two per year.
There is no countywide garage sale rule in Atlantic County; each municipality sets its own. Egg Harbor Township, under Chapter 67, requires a $5 permit from the Township Clerk, issues no more than four per person or location in a year (six for nonprofits), limits each sale to two consecutive days, and confines hours to 9:00 a.m. until sunset. Brigantine requires a City Clerk license, caps it at two per person a calendar year, and no more than three consecutive days. Shore cities like Ventnor allow two sales a year plus a citywide sale day each summer.
Holding a sale without the required permit, exceeding the annual cap, or running past permitted hours is a municipal ordinance violation in towns like Egg Harbor Township and Brigantine, carrying a fine in local court.
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