Garage Sale Permits

Garage sale means a sale held anywhere on any residential premises for the purpose of disposing of miscellaneous personal articles (as furniture, tools, toys, clothing, etc.) typically found in a residential household or garage, by the resident of the premises where the sale is held.

The sale of any animals is prohibited, and it may constitute a land use violation. Please contact Domestic Animal Services at (239)252-7387 for Non-Commercial Breeder requirements.

Collier County Land Development Code requires a permit at no cost for garage sales held in residentially zoned areas of the county. All garage sales, lawn sales, and other similar temporary sales to be held at a private home, churches, and other places of worship, community centers, or other nonprofit residentially zoned institutions must have a garage sale permit.

There is no cost for a garage sale permit.

The permit is good for 2 consecutive days as indicated on the approved permit.

You may place 2 temporary garage sale signs on your property where the sale is being conducted. Signs should not exceed 4 square feet in area or 3 feet in height. No signs can be placed in the right-way. (The right-way is usually behind any swale, sidewalk or streetlight adjacent to your property.)

For community garage sales, we will need the addressfor the clubhouse. For safety precautions, if your community has issues with ingress/egress or you expect a large turnout, it is suggested that you contact the sheriff’s office to hire someone to assist with directing traffic so that parking violations are not created in your community during the sale.

Code Enforcement does not enforce or track community deed restrictions or Homeowner’s Association (HOA) covenants. Although you may be able to obtain a permit from the county, it is suggested that you check your community’s deed restrictions or covenants. The more restrictive of these limitations would apply regarding garage sales in your community. Code Enforcement is responsible for providing garage sale permits based on county codes. Any more restrictive deed requirements or HOA covenants are enforced by the community’s regulation authority.

Please call the Code Enforcement at (239) 252-2440 to cancel or reschedule a garage sale. Most garage sales occur at the weekend when we do not have office staff available. To request cancellation, leave the property address andowner name on voicemail,and staff will make notes on the records that the permit was cancelled for that particular date/property/owner. If there is no request to cancel, records will indicate that there was a garage sale at the property. If there is no request to reschedule, you may be found in violation of county codes for holding a garage sale on dates that were not approved of your permit.

The permit is approvedby theaddress and owner. The 2-day permitislimited to oneduringeach6-month period. However, if there is a new property owner, they would have the opportunity to obtain 2 permits (6 months apart) whether the previous owner had obtained a permit in the past 6 months.

A garage sale permit is required, failure to obtain the free permitwould be a violation of county codes.