De Pere, WI Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- Bond required
- $500 with two sureties, Sec. 110-6(c)(1)b
- Criminal lookback
- 10 years, felony/related misdemeanor
- License term
- January 1 to December 31
- Transferability
- License may not be transferred
- Reporting duty
- Daily reportable-transaction feed to police
Summary
Pawnbrokers in De Pere need a city license issued under Wis. Stat. § 134.71(7)(a), granted only after a ten-year criminal background check and, for pawnbrokers specifically, a $500 bond with at least two sureties. Sec. 110-6 sets the license terms, running each calendar year from January 1 through December 31, with the fee set by council resolution.
The city clerk shall grant a license under Wis. Stats. § 134.71(7)(a) if all of the following apply:a.The applicant, including an individual, a partner, a member of a limited liability company or an officer, director or agent of any corporate applicant, has not been convicted within the preceding ten years of a felony or within the preceding ten years of a misdemeanor, statutory violation punishable by forfeiture or county or municipal ordinance violation in which the circumstances of the felony, misdemeanor or other offense substantially relate to the circumstances of being a pawnbroker, secondhand jewelry dealer, secondhand article dealer or secondhand dealer mall or flea market owner.b.With respect to an applicant for a pawnbroker's license, the applicant provides to the governing body a bond of $500.00, with not less than two sureties, for the observation of all municipal ordinances relating to pawnbrokers. ... Each license issued for a pawnbroker, secondhand article dealer or secondhand jewelry dealer is valid from January 1 until the following December 31.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 9).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 110-6 adopts Wis. 71 by reference "with the same force and effect as though fully set out" in the city code, then adds local licensing mechanics on top. The city clerk grants a license only if the applicant, including any partner, LLC member, or corporate officer or agent, has not been convicted within the preceding ten years of a felony, or within the preceding ten years of a misdemeanor, forfeiture violation, or municipal ordinance violation substantially related to being a pawnbroker. 00 with not less than two sureties, covering observance of all municipal ordinances relating to pawnbrokers.
No license issued under this section can be transferred to another person or business, and each pawnbroker license runs from January 1 through the following December 31, with the fee set by resolution of the common council. Once licensed, a pawnbroker must maintain a daily reportable-transaction feed to the police department, transferring required information by modem to the department's web server after the close of business each day, and must post a sign telling patrons that all transactions are reported daily to police. If the pawnbroker's own system fails to transmit and the problem is not fixed by the next business day, the pawnbroker must pay a daily reporting-failure fee, set by council resolution, until the error is corrected. Failure to comply with any provision of Sec. 110-6 is a violation of the chapter.
Violations & Fines
Failing to comply with any provision of Sec. 110-6, including the $500 bond requirement, the daily police reporting duty, or the transfer restriction on the license itself, is a violation of the chapter punishable under the general penalty schedule in Sec. 1-11 and as further set by resolution of the common council. A pawnbroker whose system cannot transmit required transaction data also faces a daily reporting-failure fee that accrues until the malfunction is corrected.
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