Marietta, GA Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)

00 annual employee permit from the police department under § 8-12-12-030; employees convicted of a felony or a crime involving theft, fraud or property offenses are barred from working on the premises for ten years under § 8-12-12-040. Section 8-12-12-170 requires a permanent record book entered in ink within one hour of each transaction, recording the date, employee name, a detailed description of each article (including serial numbers, gem type and weight for jewelry), and the customer's name, address, age, signature and fingerprint, retained for at least four years and open to police inspection at any time.

Section 8-12-12-180 layers on a daily electronic report to police of every item pledged, received, traded or bought in the prior 24 hours, and lets police order a hold of at least 48 hours (extendable in 30-day increments) on any item suspected stolen. Section 8-12-12-190 requires a fingerprint (right index finger, or a substitute finger if missing) and government-issued photo identification from every person pawning, pledging or selling an item, on every transaction regardless of prior visits. Section 8-12-12-220 bars disposing of pawned or purchased goods for at least 30 days, or longer if the police department directs, and § 8-12-12-090 makes it unlawful to accept goods in pawn, pledge or sale from a minor.

Section 8-12-12-200 bars any city employee with regulating authority, or that employee's relative within the third degree of kinship, from owning or working at a pawnshop.