Pico Rivera, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- Operating hours ban
- No pawnbroker transactions 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- Recordkeeping
- Daily purchase and pledge records to law enforcement agency
- License required
- Business license plus Chapter 5.08 permit
- Enforcing agency
- LA County Sheriff's Department (city's law enforcement agency)
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000 fine and 6 months jail
Summary
In the City of Pico Rivera, pawnbrokers must hold a business license under Municipal Code Section 5.08.010 and may not accept pledges, loans, or purchases between seven p.m. and seven a.m. under Section 5.64.010. Every pawnbroker must record each day's purchases and pledges on forms the law enforcement agency prescribes, and the director of finance issues the required permit under Chapter 5.08 before a pawnshop may open its doors in the city.
A pawnbroker shall not, and an agent or employee of a pawnbroker shall not accept any pledge or loan any money or personal property, or purchase or receive any goods, wares or merchandise, or any article or thing whatsoever, or in any manner whatsoever engage in or conduct the business of pawnbroker between seven p.m. of any day and seven a.m. of the following day. ... Every pawnbroker shall keep a record, upon forms prescribed by the law enforcement agency and in the manner as prescribed by the law enforcement agency, of all purchases and sales, for the purpose of recording and furnishing the law enforcement agency with the required information relative to purchases, pledges or consignments.
Full Breakdown
Pico Rivera Municipal Code Section 5.08.010 requires anyone transacting business in the city, including a pawnbroker, to first procure a business license and pay the license fee before opening; Section 5.08.360 lists Pawnbroker under Chapter 5.64 among the specific businesses for which the director of finance issues the operating permit once the law enforcement agency clears the application. Section 5.64.010 bars a pawnbroker or any agent or employee from accepting a pledge, loan, purchase, or any transaction of the pawnbroker trade between seven p.m. of one day and seven a.m. of the next.
Section 5.64.020 requires every pawnbroker to keep a daily record, on forms the law enforcement agency prescribes, of every purchase, pledge, and consignment, and to deliver those records to the law enforcement agency in the manner and timing the agency sets. Article II of Chapter 5.64 layers on further duties: buy-form reports mailed daily under Section 5.64.030, positive identification of every seller under Section 5.64.040, and a fourteen-day hold before any pledged or purchased item may be resold, altered, or destroyed under Section 5.64.050. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, contracted as the city's law enforcement agency, receives and reviews these daily filings to trace stolen property moving through pawnshops in the city.
Violations & Fines
Operating as a pawnbroker without the Chapter 5.08 business license and permit, transacting pawnbroker business outside the seven a.m. to seven p.m. window, or failing to keep and deliver the required buy-form records to the law enforcement agency violates this code. Under the citywide general penalty, Section 1.20.010, a violation is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars, up to six months in jail, or both, or it may be reduced to an infraction with fines up to five hundred dollars for repeat violations.
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