Baldwin Park, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- Annual license fee
- $50 for pawnshops
- Employee surcharge
- $7 per employee over three
- License required by
- § 111.03 before operating
- Enforcing office
- City Clerk, § 111.22
- Late payment penalty
- 10%/month, capped at 100%
Summary
Baldwin Park licenses pawnshops through its general business tax schedule: Municipal Code Section 111.51(C) sets a $50 annual fee for pawnshops, plus $7 for each employee beyond three, and Section 111.03 makes operating without that license an infraction.
§ 111.03 BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIRED. ... (A) It is unlawful for any person to engage in any business in the city without first obtaining a business license, and paying the license tax therefor, in the time and manner set forth in this chapter. ... Pawnshops. Pawnshops annual license fee 50 For each employee over three 7 ('83 Code, § 5.08.140)
Full Breakdown
Baldwin Park regulates pawnbrokers through the same Chapter 111 business license structure used for every other trade in the city, not a separate pawnbroker ordinance. 51(C) fee schedule sets the annual license at $50, plus $7 for each employee over three, identical to the rate the code applies to junk dealers. 03, which declares it "unlawful for any person to engage in any business in the city without first obtaining a business license, and paying the license tax therefor," with a violation expressly made an infraction rather than a misdemeanor.
13. 22, with authority, shared with police officers, to enter the pawnshop at any reasonable time and demand the business license certificate; a person who willfully refuses to exhibit it commits a separate infraction. 23, so the city is not limited to a single enforcement tool against an unlicensed or delinquent pawnshop.
Violations & Fines
Running a pawnshop without the Section 111.51 license breaches Section 111.03(C), an infraction. Section 10.99(D) caps infraction fines at $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second violation of the same section within a calendar year, and $500 for a third, and refusing to show the license certificate to the City Clerk or a police officer under Section 111.22 is its own infraction.
Frequently Asked Questions
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