Leftover merchandise and signs can't linger after a sale. In unincorporated Lee County, abandoned goods become junk under Alabama Code §45-41-170.01; Auburn and Opelika enforce their own cleanup and sign rules.
Running the sale is easy; cleaning up is the regulated part. In the unincorporated county there is no yard-sale permit, but merchandise, tables, and signs left in the yard or at the roadside after the sale can be treated as junk and litter under Lee County's public-nuisance law, §45-41-170.01. Inside Auburn and Opelika, city maintenance codes require the same prompt cleanup, and Opelika's sign rules bar placing sale signs in the public right-of-way. The practical rule everywhere in the county: display goods neatly during the sale, then get everything, signs included, off the yard and out of the right-of-way when it ends.
Goods or signs left out after a sale can be cited as a junk or litter nuisance, in the unincorporated county under §45-41-170.01 and inside Auburn or Opelika under city maintenance and sign codes, with abatement and escalating fines.
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