Stonecrest, GA Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit
- Annual, from City Manager, fee set by Council
- Hours
- 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m., Monday-Saturday
- Resale waiting period
- 30 days minimum
- Records
- Transaction log with photo and right-index fingerprint
- Minors
- Cannot pawn goods with a Stonecrest pawnbroker
- Violation consequence
- License revocation, not just a fine
Summary
Anyone operating or working in a Stonecrest pawnshop must hold an annual City Manager permit and pay the Council's permit fee before opening. Pawnbrokers can only do business between 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and must hold pawned goods at least 30 days before reselling them.
All persons, before beginning the business of operating a pawnshop or becoming an employee of a pawnshop or similar place where money is advanced on goods or other effects or merchandise of any kind is taken in pawn, shall first file an application with the City Manager or his designee and obtain an annual permit to conduct or be employed in the business. No permit shall be issued until a fee in the amount established by action of the City Council, a copy of which is on file in the office of the clerk, is paid to the City Manager or his designee. ... Pawnbrokers may not keep open their places of business except between 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. ... Any pawnbroker or person operating under a pawnbroker's license who takes goods on pawn or buys goods, taking full title thereto, the term "goods" being used in the broadest sense and including all kinds of personal property, shall hold these goods so taken in pawn or purchase for at least 30 days before disposing of them by sale, transfer, shipment or otherwise.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 15.5.4 of the Stonecrest Code requires every pawnshop owner and employee to file an application with the City Manager or a designee and obtain an annual permit before beginning business, in addition to the general business-license requirements of article II of this chapter. The application must list the street address of the shop and the full name, address, phone number, date of birth and Social Security number of everyone with an ownership interest, plus fingerprints if the City Manager requires them; no business license issues until this permit is granted.
Employees also need their own fingerprint-based annual permit before working on the floor, and no owner, pawnbroker or employee connected with the business may have a conviction for a crime of moral turpitude or a property crime. Once open, a pawnshop can only operate between 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, under Sec. 15.5.9 as amended in 2024. Every loan or purchase must be logged with the customer's identification, a description of the goods and a right-index fingerprint, and pawnbrokers must report each day's transactions in writing to the City Manager.
Pawned or purchased goods must be held at least 30 days before resale, transfer or shipment under Sec. 15.5.10, and taking goods in pawn from a minor is flatly unlawful.
Violations & Fines
Any violation of the pawnshop article is punishable under the general penalty provisions of the Code and can result in outright revocation of the business's license to operate as a pawnbroker, not just a fine, under Sec. 15.5.2. The City Manager or a designee, who has enforcement responsibility for this article under Sec. 15.5.3, can act on a single conviction in any court for violating the article or any other ordinance covering the pawn business.
Frequently Asked Questions
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