Carson, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit fee
- $250
- Daily report
- Buy Form to police
- Hold period
- 14 days, up to 90 on hold
- Business hours ban
- No transactions 7pm-7am
- Records retained
- 2 years minimum
Summary
Carson pawnbrokers must report every purchase, pledge or consignment to police daily on a 'Buy Form,' hold items fourteen days before altering or reselling them, and cannot transact between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Permit Fee $250.00. ... pawnbrokers, junk dealers, secondhand dealers, salvage dealers, auctioneers dealing in the purchase or consignment of personal property, and operators of swap meets shall be subject to the following provisions ... Each of the foregoing shall at the close of each day mail to the Law Enforcement Agency of the City the 'Buy Form' ... A pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, salvage dealer or salvage collector shall not ... engage in or conduct business between 7:00 p.m. of any day and 7:00 a.m. of the following day.
Full Breakdown
Carson Municipal Code § 63141 puts every pawnbroker in the City under a $250 police-reporting regime: each day's purchases, pledges and consignments must be mailed to the City's Law Enforcement Agency on a 'Buy Form' recording the seller's positive identification, with a copy kept on file for at least two years. Property taken in can't be melted down, sold or altered for fourteen days after that report, longer if police place a hold order, which can run up to ninety days. Pawnbrokers also cannot conduct any business, buying, pledging or lending, between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Violations & Fines
Skipping the daily Buy Form report, failing to hold identified property for 14 days (or through a police hold order of up to 90 days), or transacting between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. can forfeit the $250 permit.
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