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Advertise your Garage Sale FREE in the Garage Sale Section of the MidlothainShopping.com website.  Most cities in Ellis County may have some restrictions on garage sales inside their city so be sure to check with particular city before having a Garage sale.

 For your convenience we have posted the regulations for Garage sales within the City Limits of Midlothian, Texas.

Garage Sale Regulations

Midlothian, TX

Garage sale. Includes the terms “porch sale,” “yard sale,” “lawn sale,” “family sale,” “rummage sale,” “white elephant sale,” “flea market sale,” “attic sale,” “patio sale,” “plant sale,” “sample sale,” “estate sale” or any other similar terms, and shall mean the sale of household goods, furniture, equipment, utensils, appliances, tools, personal clothing or effects, novelty items, glassware, farm products, or any similar personal property, by a person or persons in the business of selling such tangible personal property. “Garage sale” shall not include accumulation of new merchandise or used merchandise acquired solely for the purpose of resale.

(1990 Code, sec. 8-291)
Sec. 4.04.002     Number permitted yearly

The number of garage sales a person or household, firm, group, corporation or organization may have shall not exceed four (4) per year, and may not be conducted more frequently than one (1) every three-month period. The duration of a garage sale shall not exceed four (4) consecutive days for any single location or address. (1990 Code, sec. 8-292)
Sec. 4.04.003     Sale hours

Garage sales shall not be conducted before dawn or after dusk of any day. (1990 Code, sec. 8-293)
Sec. 4.04.004     Obstruction of public rights-of-way

A garage sale shall not obstruct rights-of-way, sidewalks, walk areas, or driveways abutting on and/or in front of the property where the sale is being conducted. (1990 Code, sec. 8-294)