Pulaski County, AR Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- Pawnshops, pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers
- Area
- Unincorporated Pulaski County only
- Compliance deadline
- 1 year from Feb. 26, 2008 adoption
- Reports to
- Entity designated by sheriff's department
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $25 per offense
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 08-OR-08, Feb. 26, 2008
Summary
Pawnshops, pawnbrokers and secondhand-goods dealers in unincorporated Pulaski County must run an electronic inventory tracking system that reports required transaction data to the entity the sheriff's department designates. Skipping the system is a misdemeanor, fined up to $25 per offense.
Each and every owner or operator of a pawnshop, pawnbroker and dealer in secondhand goods doing business within the unincorporated areas of Pulaski County, Arkansas, shall, within one (1) year of the adoption of this chapter, maintain an electronic inventory tracking system which is capable of delivery and transmission of all statutorily required information via computer to the entity designated by the Pulaski County sheriff's department. (Ord. No. 08-OR-08, Art. 1, 2-26-08) ... The failure on the part of any owner or operator of a pawnshop, pawnbroker, or dealer in secondhand goods to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each separate offense.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
Article IV of Chapter 11, adopted by Ord. No. 08-OR-08 on February 26, 2008, targets secondhand-goods commerce rather than pawn licensing fees the way the county's alcohol permits in the same chapter carry dollar amounts. Every owner or operator of a pawnshop, pawnbroker, or secondhand-goods dealer doing business in the unincorporated area had one year from adoption to put an electronic inventory tracking system in place. The system has to be capable of delivering and transmitting all statutorily required transaction information by computer to whatever entity the Pulaski County sheriff's department designates to receive it, which in practice ties the county rule to the state's electronic pawn-reporting framework rather than creating a separate county database.
The code does not set out a standalone county business license or fee schedule for pawnbrokers the way it does for liquor permits earlier in Chapter 11; the electronic tracking mandate is the entire county-level requirement layered on top of whatever state pawnbroker licensing already applies. Because the section is scoped to the unincorporated area, a pawnshop operating inside Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood, Jacksonville or Maumelle answers to that city's own code, not this county chapter.
Violations & Fines
Failing to maintain or use the required electronic inventory tracking system is a misdemeanor under Section 11-45. A conviction carries a fine of not more than $25.00, and each separate offense is charged and fined independently rather than treated as one continuing violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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