Buckeye, AZ Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- License required
- before operating (§ 8-2-2)
- Reporting duty
- report trades to police within 24 hrs
- Resale hold
- 72 hours after report filed
- Scope
- covers junk and secondhand dealers alike
- Jurisdiction
- Buckeye, Maricopa County, AZ
Summary
Buckeye, Arizona requires secondhand and junk dealers to hold a city license, report every item taken in trade or purchase to police within 24 hours, and hold it 72 hours before reselling.
"Secondhand dealer" means any person engaged in conducting, managing or carrying on the business of buying, selling, trading, or exchanging, or otherwise dealing in secondhand goods, wares, merchandise or articles whether such business be the principal or sole business so carried on... It is unlawful for any person to operate within the corporate limits of the city any of the related mercantile businesses, as listed and defined in Section 8-2-1, without first having obtained a license.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 22 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Buckeye's Business Regulations chapter licenses secondhand dealers and junk dealers together with pawnshops and auction houses under Chapter 8, Article 8-2. A secondhand dealer is anyone buying, selling, trading, or exchanging used goods, wares, or merchandise as all or part of a business; a junk dealer collects or buys salvage items such as rags, bottles, scrap metal, and paper for storage or resale. Both must obtain a city license before operating, report every item taken in trade, pawn, or purchase to the police chief within 24 hours with a description of the seller, and hold the item at least 72 hours before reselling it.
Violations & Fines
Operating a secondhand or junk dealer business without a Buckeye license is unlawful; the city may suspend the license up to 60 days or revoke it under § 8-2-4.
Frequently Asked Questions
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