Cedar Park, TX Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- Recordkeeping
- Daily entries, item + seller
- ID check
- Required unless seller known
- Inspection
- Open to police on demand
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, per-day fine
Summary
Every pawnbroker or jeweler operating in Cedar Park must keep a daily record book describing each secondhand item taken in, numbered and tied to the seller's identity, open to police inspection on demand.
Every pawnbroker, jeweler or person doing business as such in the city, or who may hereafter engage in such business and every dealer and any caretaker of secondhand goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever, shall keep a record book in which he shall make accurate daily entries of any and all secondhand or used articles received by him in the course of his business, with a description of such articles. He shall affix a distinctive number to each such article so received by him and shall make an entry of such number in his record book. He shall also make a record in such book of the name of the person from whom he received such article. He shall also make an entry in such book of the disposition made by him of such article and if sold, he shall state to whom sold and the price received therefor. The record books required to be kept by this subsection shall be at all times open to the inspection of the chief of police or other duly authorized law enforcement officers; it shall be the duty of the persons required to keep such books to exhibit such books to any such officer for inspection upon demand. (1998 Code, sec. 4.401)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4973212; v14 updated 2026-06-25).
Full Breakdown
Section 4.03.001 requires every pawnbroker, jeweler, or person acting as one in Cedar Park to keep a record book with a daily entry for each secondhand or used item received: a distinctive number assigned to the item, a description, the seller's name, and, once sold, the buyer and price. Section 4.03.002 backs this up by requiring the dealer to check identification before buying from anyone they don't personally know. The record book must stay open to inspection by the chief of police or another law enforcement officer at any time, on demand.
Violations & Fines
Misdemeanor under § 4.03.003, fined per § 1.01.009; each missing entry and each day the record book isn't maintained counts as a separate violation.
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