Cheyenne, WY Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Annual license fee
- $80 per location
- Hold period, general items
- 3 days minimum
- Hold period, coins/jewelry
- 7 days minimum
- Records inspected by
- Chief of police / officers
- Pawnbrokers
- Exempt from this license
Summary
Cheyenne requires an $80 annual license for anyone buying, selling, or exchanging used personal property, with detailed transaction records and hold periods before resale.
"Secondhand dealer" means and includes each person who buys, sells, exchanges or deals in personal property that has been previously used, broken or disfigured. ... No person may conduct business as a secondhand dealer in the city without first obtaining a license, except holders of a pawnbroker's license. ... The nonrefundable annual license fee will be eighty dollars ($80.00) per location. ... All coins or jewelry purchased by a licensee must be kept a minimum of seven days before it is sold or exchanged.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 73).
Full Breakdown
City Code Chapter 5.60 defines a secondhand dealer as anyone who buys, sells, exchanges or deals in personal property that has been previously used, broken or disfigured. A license is required before conducting business, costing $80 per location annually, issued under Chapter 5.04. Dealers must log every serial-numbered item purchased (date, seller name, price, description) and show those records to police on request. Items bought from private sellers must be held at least three days before resale; coins and jewelry must be held at least seven days. Dealers cannot buy or exchange property with minors. Pawnbrokers, garage-sale hosts (three or fewer per year), new-furniture merchants making like-kind trades, and dealers whose volume is over 50% coins or precious metals are exempt.
Violations & Fines
Operating as a secondhand dealer without the license, or failing to keep and produce the required purchase records, violates Chapter 5.60 and is enforceable under the city's general penalty provision (Chapter 1.24).
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Cheyenne pawnbroker also need a secondhand dealer license?
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Sources & Official References
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