Casper, WY Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)

An applicant files with the city clerk under Section 5.04.010 and pays a council-set fee, and a change of ownership requires a fresh application under Section 5.36.030. Before any license issues, Section 5.36.050 requires a one-thousand-dollar bond covering damages from fraud or misconduct in managing the business. Section 5.36.070 then requires every licensee to keep an internet-connected computer running city-approved pawn tracking software, log each transaction, including the seller's identification and a signed declaration of ownership, within twenty-four hours, and preserve those records for four years or two years after the final entry, whichever is later, all open to inspection by the Casper police department.

Section 5.36.080 requires pledged, purchased or traded goods to be held fifteen days out of public view before any sale, and lets any peace officer place a ninety-day hold on property connected to a criminal investigation. Section 5.36.100 bars taking pledges from anyone under eighteen without a guardian present, bars accepting items with obliterated serial numbers, and requires photo identification from every customer. Section 5.36.060 lets the city council or a hearing examiner revoke the license and forfeit the bond once a licensee violates the chapter three or more times in a twelve-month period, following a hearing decided by a preponderance of the evidence, with appeal rights to the Seventh Judicial District Court.