Peoria, AZ Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)

City Code § 11-127 requires a Peoria pawnbroker to make a true, complete, and accurate report of every article received in a reportable transaction each day, delivered to the City within two business days by approved electronic means, on a City-provided form. The required report fields go well beyond a basic receipt: the pledgor's or seller's full name, permanent address and phone number, physical description including height, weight, hair and eye color, sex, race, and date of birth, the type and number of a government-issued photo ID, a description of each item including manufacturer, model and serial number, the pawnbroker's name and clerk identifier, the transaction date, time, and pawn ticket number, a fingerprint of the seller taken electronically, and a photograph of both the seller and the item.

The seller must sign an attestation, printed in ten-point bold type on the report, affirming ownership or authority to pawn or sell the goods and acknowledging that false information is a class one misdemeanor. Nonprofits under IRC § 501(c) are exempt from the reporting duty. §§ 13-1802 or 13-2307 in connection with the business, and § 11-127(i) bars knowingly employing anyone whose license is under such a suspension. Violations under this section carry strict liability, meaning no culpable mental state is required for a citation.