Aurora, CO Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- License required
- pawnbroker + manager, § 86-477
- Bond required
- $1,000, § 86-480(a)(3)
- Locational limit
- 2-mile buffer, § 86-478(d)
- Operating hours
- 8 a.m.-7 p.m., closed Sun/holidays
- Records kept
- register held 3 years, § 86-482(e)
Summary
Aurora, Colorado requires a city pawnbroker license plus a separate manager's license, a $1,000 bond, and bars any new pawnshop within two miles of an existing licensed one.
(a) No pawnbroker shall be permitted to operate in the city without a valid pawnbroker license. (b) No person shall be permitted to work as a manager of a pawnbroker business in the city without a valid pawnbroker manager's license. ... No application for a pawnbroker license shall be received or acted upon for any location which is within a two-mile radius of the location of any other pawnbroker business licensed hereunder
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-30, passed June 22, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Aurora City Code Division 4 of Chapter 86 licenses pawnbrokers separately from secondhand dealers. Section 86-477 bars operating or managing a pawnshop without a license; Section 86-480 requires a $1,000 bond before issuance. Section 86-478(d) blocks any new license within a two-mile radius of another licensed pawnbroker (grandfathering pre-July 1994 locations). Section 86-483 sets an 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday operating window, bars deals with anyone under 18 or intoxicated, and Section 86-482 mandates a numerical register with customer ID and fingerprint, kept three years, reported weekly to police.
Violations & Fines
Operating or managing a pawnshop without a license, opening outside the 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday window, dealing with a minor or an intoxicated person, or filing false register information violates §§ 86-477 and 86-483 and exposes the license to suspension or revocation by the licensing director.
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