Fullerton, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit issuer
- Chief of Police
- Initial fee
- $100
- Renewal fee
- $25 per year
- Location rule
- No shared storefront with other business
- Prohibited hours
- 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Reapplication bar
- 1 year after denial or revocation
- Violation penalty
- Misdemeanor
Summary
Fullerton licenses pawnbrokers under the same Chapter 3.52 permit the Chief of Police issues to secondhand and junk dealers, requiring a $100 application fee and $25 annual renewal. Pawnbrokers also face a standalone restriction under § 3.52.230(B): no pawnshop can share an entrance, exit or storefront with any other retail business in the same establishment.
No one doing business as a personal property broker or pawnbroker with or without a license from the State Corporation Commissioner, shall conduct such business, or any part thereof, in the same establishment or place of business used for the transacting of any other business or in any retail wholesale store. No entrance to or exit from a place of business used by any personal property broker or pawnbroker shall open from or into any other place of business, but any such entrance or exit shall open directly onto a public street or public place, except that on any floor above the street floor in an office building an entrance to or exit from such place of business shall open directly onto the public hallway.
Full Breakdown
020 defines the PAWNSHOP as the room or place where that business is carried on. 060, submitting a physical description, business address, any prior permit denials from any state or municipality, criminal history, a recent 2x2 photograph, fingerprints and two character references from county property owners, alongside a $100 initial fee and $25 annual renewal paid to the City Treasurer. 230(B) imposes a rule specific to pawnbrokers and personal property brokers: the business, or any part of it, cannot be conducted in the same establishment used for any other business or in a retail or wholesale store, and no entrance or exit to the pawnshop may open into another business; it must open directly onto a public street or public place, or, above the street floor in an office building, onto the public hallway. 150. 100.
Violations & Fines
Running a pawnshop without a Chief of Police permit, combining it with another retail business in the same storefront, or routing its entrance through another business violates § 3.52.230(B) and is a misdemeanor under § 3.52.260. The Chief of Police may revoke or suspend a pawnbroker's permit under § 3.52.080 for fraud, false statements, or a conviction involving moral turpitude, embezzlement or receiving stolen property, and a denied applicant cannot reapply for one year under § 3.52.110.
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