Buy online (saves $5), by mail or drop box, or in person at Town Hall. No physical sticker is issued; you receive a receipt.
These links leave CapeCodTrash.com and go to official town websites. We never take payment, and nothing is bought through us.
The stickers page dates the $250 non-resident price from May 24, 2025; the regulations date their current prices from May 13, 2025.
Ways to buy
- Online through the town’s Online Services / City Hall Systems portal (the town lists a $5 discount).
- By mail, using the town’s application. Only checks made out to the Town of Yarmouth are accepted, and the town says not to send cash.
- Town of Yarmouth drop box (named on the application).
- In person at the Town Hall Clerk’s Office / Treasurer-Collector window, 1146 Route 28, South Yarmouth, Monday – Friday. The town’s FAQ also lists the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce (416 Route 28, Yarmouth Port) for weekend purchases; that FAQ is undated.
In person
Town Hall, 1146 Route 28, South Yarmouth, MA 02664 (Clerk’s Office). Monday – Friday during normal business hours. The town does not list specific times on the pages we read.
Questions: Town Clerk’s Office, 508-398-2231 ext. 1212.
What you need
- A copy of your car registration, or your Yarmouth car excise tax bill showing the license plate number.
- A Yarmouth real estate tax bill in your name, or a year-round lease.
- Company car: a letter on company letterhead authorizing personal use, plus the registration.
- Leased vehicle: a copy of the lease showing its expiration date.
- If you are domiciled outside Yarmouth: vehicle registration and proof of ownership (per the application).
When the pass starts working
Access uses your license plate; you get a receipt. The town does not state when access starts after purchase. The application says online and mail orders can take two to three weeks or more to process.
Steps
- Download and complete the town’s Disposal/Beach Stickers & Shellfish License Application.
- Attach the proofs for each vehicle (registration, and a tax bill or lease).
- Write a separate check to the Town of Yarmouth for the sticker purchase; do not combine it with tax payments and do not send cash.
- Mail the application and check to the Stickers Department, or use the town drop box. The town’s application gives the Town Hall address, while its FAQ gives a City Hall Systems address in Hopedale; confirm which to use.
These mail-in steps come from the town’s application. The online steps are not listed because the portal needs an account and we did not create one.
About the online portal: The portal opens, but it is a general payment site. You must choose a municipality, and the town’s application says a one-time account setup is required. We could not see Yarmouth disposal stickers or prices there, so please check it in a browser.
Payment
Confirm with town- Scale House (coupon books and per-trip fees): cash, check or credit card.
- Online sticker orders: credit card or electronic check. The town says an e-check order has a 7-day hold, and credit-card orders a 3-day wait.
- Mail-in sticker orders: check payable to the Town of Yarmouth only.
In-person payment methods at the Town Hall window are not listed on the pages we read. The portal may add a service fee (“A non-refundable service fee may apply”).
The online portal is run by the vendor City Hall Systems. Its public pages do not show Yarmouth stickers until you pick the municipality and, per the town’s application, set up an account. We did not create an account or test checkout.
Who is eligible
Verified from official sourceYear-round residents and residential taxpayers can buy a resident sticker. Others can buy a $250 non-resident sticker or pay per trip. No commercial stickers.
- Residents: people who live in Yarmouth (even if they do not own), shown by a one-year lease, two consecutive years on the town census, an auto excise bill, a residential water bill or a valid driver’s license. The town may ask for two proofs.
- Residential taxpayers: owners, spouses and dependents of owners of a residential property (a real estate tax bill with an eligible property class).
- Family corporations or trusts: up to four officers or trustees. Someone sharing a permanent off-Cape address with a Yarmouth residential taxpayer can also qualify.
- Commercial taxpayers and owners of land with no habitable dwelling are not eligible for a disposal sticker.
- No commercial stickers are issued, and none for vehicles over 10,000 lb gross weight. A sticker covers your own household waste only.
- Non-residents can buy a $250 non-commercial sticker. Visitors can pay per trip (see “Paying without a pass”).
The residency policy is from 2017 and only its first two pages were readable. Visitors and short-term renters are not addressed in the parts we read.