Camarillo, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- Before operating, Sec. 5.24.020(B)-(D)
- Excludes
- Motor vehicles; trade-ins on new goods
- Daily police report
- Due by 2:00 p.m. next day
- Resale hold
- 72 hours before resale
- Curfew
- No business 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
- Charitable exemption
- Nonprofit resale under Rev.&Tax §23701(d)
Summary
Secondhand dealers, antique dealers and resalers in Camarillo must hold a city permit under Municipal Code Section 5.24.020 before buying or selling used goods, report each day's purchases to police, and hold merchandise seventy-two hours before reselling it to another customer or dealer.
"Secondhand dealer," "antique dealer" or "resaler" means any person who buys, sells or deals in secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise, other than motor vehicles, including jewelry, clothing and precious and semiprecious stones and metals. A person who accepts secondhand goods, wares or merchandise in part payment coincidentally with the sale by him/her of new goods, wares or merchandise in the regular course of his or her business shall not, with respect to such goods, wares and merchandise so acquired, be deemed to be a secondhand dealer. ... No person may engage in the following businesses without first obtaining a permit: ... B.Secondhand dealer;C.Antique dealers; andD.Resaler. ... It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, resaler or antique dealer, or for any agent or employee of any such person, to accept, purchase or receive any goods, wares or merchandise, or any article or thing, or in any manner whatsoever to engage in or conduct any such business between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
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Violations & Fines
Buying, selling or otherwise dealing in secondhand goods without a permit, or reselling merchandise before the seventy-two-hour hold expires, violates Chapter 5.24 and is grounds for permit revocation under Section 5.08.050. A revoked permit bars the holder from a new permit at that location for nine months (Section 5.24.060), and failing to file the daily police purchase report by 2:00 p.m. is a separate violation subject to enforcement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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