Bell County sets no garage-sale rules for unincorporated areas. Cities regulate them: Killeen requires a permit, limits owners to two sales per calendar year, and caps each sale at three days.
The unincorporated county imposes no permit or frequency limit on residential garage sales. Rules exist only inside cities. Killeen (Chapter 15) requires a permit posted conspicuously during the sale, limits the same property owner to two sales per calendar year, allows each permitted sale to run up to three days, and restricts goods to the owner's own tangible property confined to the yard, garage, or patio. Temple and other Bell County cities have their own permit procedures. Note that Texas exempts occasional garage sales from sales tax under Comptroller rules.
In Killeen, holding a sale without a posted permit can bring a fine of up to $500. County has no penalty because it sets no garage-sale rule.
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