Unincorporated Travis County has no garage sale permit or frequency limit. Austin City Code §4-2 limits residents to 3 garage sales per year, max 3 consecutive days each, with no permit required for private residential sales.
Within Austin city limits, residents may host up to three garage or yard sales per calendar year on their own property. Each sale is limited to three consecutive days. No permit or fee is required. Sales cannot include new merchandise, and items must be personal property of the resident. Sales hours are limited to daylight hours. Unincorporated Travis County applies no similar rule; HOA covenants commonly limit frequency. Texas does not require sales tax collection on occasional personal garage sales (3 or fewer per year per Comptroller Rule §3.316).
Contact your local code enforcement office for specific penalty information.
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