West Jordan, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)
Key Facts
- License
- General business license + special pawnshop license
- Bond
- $5,000 corporate surety bond required
- Weekday hours
- 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., closed Sunday
- Extended hours
- Until 11:00 P.M. Saturdays, holiday eves, Dec 16-31
- Records retained
- Bound register, sent to police department
Summary
West Jordan pawnbrokers must hold a general business license plus a special pawnshop license and post a $5,000 bond before operating, under City Code sections 4-2O-1 and 4-2O-2. Shops must stay closed before 7:00 A.M. and after 7:00 P.M., and cannot open Sundays, though hours extend to 11:00 P.M. on Saturdays, holiday eves, and the last fifteen days of December.
4-2O-1: LICENSE REQUIRED: It shall be unlawful to operate any pawnshop or pawn business without first obtaining a valid city business license and a special city pawnshop license. ... 4-2O-2: BOND REQUIRED: Before any license is issued to a pawnbroker under the provisions of this article, the applicant for such license shall execute and deliver to the city a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) ... conditioned upon the faithful performance of such licensee of all ordinances of the city respecting pawnbrokers. ... 4-2O-4: HOURS OF BUSINESS: It is unlawful for any pawnbroker to receive any goods by way of pawn or pledge, or to keep his place of business open before the hour of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. or after seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. of any day or on Sunday; provided, however, that on Saturday of each week and on days preceding legal holidays, and the last fifteen (15) days of December of each year, it shall be lawful for said pawnbroker to keep his or her place of business open until eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-38: Code current through: Ord. 26-33, passed 6-23-2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 4-2O-3 exempts a licensed pawnbroker from separately licensing as a numismatic or bullion dealer or as a secondhand or secondhand precious metal/gem dealer, folding those categories into the pawnbroker license, though the pawnbroker must still meet each category's operating rules. Recordkeeping under section 4-2O-5 requires a bound book kept in English at the time of every transaction, including coin and currency purchases at other than face value, recording an accurate description of each item with identifying marks, the price paid, the date and hour received, the customer's name, address, and description, and a numerical identifier tied to the customer's photo ID, with the eventual sale, scrap, or disposal date added later. Section 4-2O-6 requires nonerasable ink and availability of records for inspection during business hours, and section 4-2O-7 requires copies sent to the police department. Section 4-2O-8 bars receiving any item with an obviously altered, defaced, or removed serial number or identification mark.
Violations & Fines
Operating a pawnshop without the required business license, pawnshop license, and $5,000 bond is unlawful under sections 4-2O-1 and 4-2O-2. Receiving pledges or keeping the shop open outside the permitted 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. window, or on Sunday, violates section 4-2O-4. Accepting goods with altered identification marks violates section 4-2O-8. These are enforceable as a class B misdemeanor under the general Title 4 penalty, section 4-1D-2.
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