Unincorporated Calaveras County has no dedicated garage-sale permit ordinance in its County Code. Occasional residential yard sales are generally allowed without a county permit. Sellers should keep merchandise and signs out of the public road right-of-way and avoid creating accumulations that become a nuisance under Code 8.06.
Research of the Calaveras County Code did not identify a standalone garage-sale, yard-sale, or rummage-sale permit chapter for the unincorporated area, and the county does not publish a garage-sale permitting program comparable to those found in some larger jurisdictions. In practice, occasional residential garage and yard sales are treated as an accessory use of a home and are conducted without a specific county permit. Sellers should still observe general rules that do apply countywide. Signs and merchandise should not be placed in or obstruct the public road right-of-way; the county's solid waste rules (8.12.130) prohibit placing containers and the property-maintenance rules discourage obstructions in rights-of-way without an encroachment permit from Public Works. Leftover unsold goods, boxes, and debris left out after a sale can become an accumulation of junk or debris that is a public nuisance under County Code 8.06.050 if visible from a road or neighboring parcel, so sellers should remove or properly store unsold items and dispose of trash promptly (within the seven-day limit of 8.12.120). Because Calaveras County is unincorporated, the City of Angels Camp (the county's only incorporated city) has its own separate rules; this guidance covers only the unincorporated county.
There is no county garage-sale permit fine because no permit is required. However, leftover merchandise, signs, or debris that accumulates after a sale can be cited as a public nuisance under Chapter 8.06, with fines of $100/day (first), $200/day (second within a year), and $500/day (additional). Obstructing a public right-of-way may require an encroachment permit from Public Works.
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