Coral Gables, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit issuer
- Coral Gables Police Department
- Permit signer
- Police chief or designee
- Fee
- Set under Sec. 1-8
- Covers
- Jewelry, metals, coins, pawnshops
- Location change
- Must be endorsed by police dept.
Summary
Coral Gables regulates pawnshops as secondhand dealers, requiring a police department permit before buying or trading pawned jewelry, metals, or coins.
Secondhand dealer means a person engaging in, conducting, managing or carrying on the business of buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in secondhand jewelry, precious and semiprecious stones, metals containing gold or silver and imitations thereof, watches, rings, bracelets, coins and other similar goods, wares and merchandise. This definition includes pawnshops conducting, managing or carrying on the above-described business.
(Code 1958, § 21-33(a); Code 1991, § 18-146; Code 2006, § 14-31; Ord. No. 2368, § 1, 1-27-1981)
Sec. 14-22. - Permit required. No person shall engage in, manage, conduct or carry on the business of a secondhand dealer in jewelry, metals and coins without obtaining a written permit from the police department and the payment of a fee established in section 1-8. The permit shall contain the name and home address of the permittee and the address of the business being permitted and shall be signed by the police chief or his or her designee.
(Code 1958, § 21-33(b); Code 1991, § 18-147; Code 2006, § 14-32; Ord. No. 2368, § 1, 1-27-1981)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Fee Schedule: Supplement 2 | Zoning Code: Supplement 1 | Code of Ordinances: Supplement 25 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
City Code defines "secondhand dealer" to expressly include pawnshops. Before operating, a pawnbroker must get a written permit from the police department and pay the Sec. 1-8 fee; the permit lists the permittee's name, home address, and business address and must be signed by the police chief or designee. Any change of business location must also be endorsed on the permit by the police department, with a separate change-of-location fee.
Violations & Fines
Operating as a pawnbroker/secondhand dealer without the police department permit violates Sec. 14-22; disposing of property contrary to a police hold-order under Sec. 14-26 is expressly unlawful.
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