San Jacinto, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)

Item 30 of Category F, Special Business (Fixed Fees), reads "Pawnbroker (as defined by state law), one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per year." The city row does not define the term and points to state law, which this page does not quote. Because the fee is annual, § 5.04.120(A) makes the license expire one calendar year following the issuance date.

Section 5.04.190 makes it unlawful to carry on any business in the City of San Jacinto without first procuring a license and paying the prescribed fee. A separate license is needed for each business and for each branch establishment or location under § 5.04.200(A), and a fee on a business with branches is computed as if each branch were a separate and independent business.

Unlike the secondhand dealers row a few items below it, the pawnbroker row carries no asterisk for a certificate of compliance. Section 5.04.250(C) still gives the collector authority to require a certificate when he or she deems it necessary for categories not specifically mentioned as requiring one.

Changes cost money. Item 26 sets a License Transfer and/or Alteration Fee of $15.00 for a change of location, name, ownership, partnership, mailing address or type of business. A new owner of an existing business takes the unexpired term for a transfer fee plus ten percent (10%) of the current annual business license fee under § 5.04.340(C), and the new owner’s application is processed as though it came from a new applicant. A renewal unpaid thirty days after the expiration date is delinquent under § 5.04.350.