Palmdale, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- Closing hours
- No pawn transactions 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- State license
- Current State pawnbroker license required
- Background check
- Fingerprints and photo ID mandatory
- Security plan
- Required: alarms, cameras, safes, staffing
- Minor transactions
- No reportable transactions with anyone under 18
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000 fine, 6 months jail
Summary
Palmdale pawnbrokers must hold a business permit disclosing fingerprints, a security plan, and a State pawnbroker license, and cannot accept a pledge, loan money on personal property, or transact any pawnbroking business between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., per PMC § 5.04.450.
"Pawnbroker" means any person engaged in the business of receiving goods, including motor vehicles, in pledge as security for a loan... Hours of Operation. No pawnbroker or secondhand dealer, nor any employee thereof, shall accept any pledge, or loan any money for personal property, or purchase or receive any goods, wares or merchandise, or any article or thing, or in any manner whatsoever engage in or conduct business as a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer between the hours of 7:00 p.m. of any day and 7:00 a.m. of the following day.
Full Breakdown
450(B)). 450(C)(1)). 450(C)(2)-(5)).
Violations & Fines
Pawnbroker permits fall under the general Chapter 5.04 enforcement scheme: operating without the required business permit, or violating a permit condition, is a misdemeanor under PMC § 5.04.340, punishable per Chapter 1.12 by up to a $1,000 fine, up to six months in County Jail, or both, with each day of continued violation a separate offense, and the City may pursue nuisance abatement or civil injunction in addition to criminal enforcement.
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