Unincorporated Clay County does not license residential sales, so no county cleanup rule governs them directly. Leftover merchandise, signs and debris left out afterward can be abated as a public nuisance under RSMo 67.398.
The county sets no garage-sale property-maintenance code of its own for unincorporated areas — it does not permit or regulate the sales themselves. What it can reach is the aftermath. If tables, unsold goods, signs or debris are left in the yard after a sale and begin to accumulate, that condition falls under the county's nuisance-abatement authority. RSMo 67.398, which applies to Clay County because it contains part of Kansas City, lets the county declare accumulated debris, rubbish and trash, and broken furniture a public nuisance and order it removed. Inside cities like Gladstone, separate residential-sales codes require signs down and goods stored the same day.
The county issues no garage-sale citation, but leftover goods and debris can be declared a public nuisance under RSMo 67.398 and abated after written notice, with cleanup costs charged to the owner.
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