Weber County, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Annual license fee
- $100.00 per year (§ 16-4-12)
- Applies to
- Unincorporated Weber County only
- Issued by
- County License Director
- License term
- January 1 through December 31
- Late payment penalty
- 25% at 45 days, +25% at 3 months
- Max criminal penalty
- $1,000 fine, 6 months jail (§ 1-1-7)
- Revocation
- After notice and hearing (§ 14-7-1)
Summary
Weber County requires anyone principally engaged in buying and selling old metal, glass, rags, rubber, paper, or other junk, or war surplus or salvage items, from a fixed place of business in the unincorporated county to hold an annual license under Code § 16-4-12. The fee is $100.00 per year, paid to the county License Director.
For the purposes of this subsection, a junk or salvage dealer is hereby defined as a person principally engaged in buying and selling old metal, glass, rags, rubber, paper, or other junk, or war surplus or other salvage items, from a fixed place of business. The license fee for a junk or salvage dealer shall be $100.00 per year.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: ?).
Full Breakdown
00 per year. That fee sits inside the county's broader business-licensing scheme in Title 14: § 14-1-2 makes it unlawful for anyone to engage in or operate a business covered by the title, or use property for it, without first applying for and obtaining a license and paying the fee in advance. Applications go to the license director within the Business License Department created by § 14-2-1, who assesses licensees, collects fees, and keeps the alphabetical licensee index under §§ 14-2-2 and 14-2-3. Under § 14-2-2, licenses run on a calendar-year term: they are payable annually in advance, dating from January 1 and expiring December 31, regardless of when in the year the business began operating.
Licenses are nontransferable except by application to the license director to move the same business to a new location within the county (§ 14-1-3). The sheriff, license director and deputies, planning director, and building inspector are all designated ex officio license deputies under § 14-2-7, empowered to inspect licensed premises and report unlicensed operators to the license director. Because Weber County's zoning and licensing authority reaches only the unincorporated area, this license applies to junk or salvage dealers operating outside the incorporated limits of Ogden, Roy, North Ogden, South Ogden, Riverdale, Washington Terrace and Pleasant View, which license such businesses under their own municipal codes.
Violations & Fines
Failure to pay on time draws a civil penalty under § 14-6-1: 25% added if unpaid within 45 days of the due date, plus another 25% if still unpaid after three months, and no new license issues until penalties are paid in full. The county attorney may also sue civilly to recover an unpaid fee (§ 14-6-2). 00, up to six months imprisonment, or both, with each day of continued violation charged as a separate offense. A license may also be revoked after notice and a hearing before the board of county commissioners for a violation of the licensing title or other cause the board deems sufficient (§ 14-7-1); once revoked, continuing to operate is itself unlawful (§ 14-7-3), and no license may be reissued for six months (§ 14-7-4).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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