Cicero, IL Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

Section 70-1 defines a 'secondhand business' as anyone who receives property for money or trade from someone other than a licensed vendor, other than gold, silver, other precious metals or stones, and other than charitable or religious resale operations; jewelry stores and coin dealers are separately licensed and excluded. Operating without a license is unlawful, and an operator running more than one secondhand location in town needs a separate license for each. 00 application fee. Section 70-3 routes the application to the Superintendent of Police, Fire Marshal, Building Commissioner and Zoning Administrator for review, and requires a criminal background investigation, which may include fingerprinting at the applicant's cost, of every owner, manager, partner, officer, director, employee and any shareholder owning more than 5 percent of the business; a felony conviction or a conviction for stolen goods, burglary, robbery or any crime of dishonesty bars a license.

The Business License Officer must issue or deny the license within 60 days. 00, and two forms of seller identification. com' within 12 hours of receipt. Section 70-6 lets the Business License Officer revoke or suspend a license for a disqualifying conviction, noncompliance, fraud in obtaining the license, or operation detrimental to public health or safety.