Everett, WA Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Annual license fee
- $50
- Business location
- One fixed shop only
- Records retained
- 3 years minimum
- ID required
- Driver's license or 2 forms
- Enforcement
- Everett Police Department
Summary
Everett secondhand and junk dealers need a $50 annual city license, must operate from a fixed location, and must log buyer ID and item detail for every transaction.
C. Fixed Place of Business. No person may operate as a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer unless the person maintains a fixed place of business in the city. No person shall engage in any such business in more than one place, or maintain more than one shop or store for the same, by virtue of one license. D. ... The annual license fee for secondhand dealers shall be the sum of fifty dollars.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4194-26, passed July 29, 2026).
Full Breakdown
EMC Chapter 5.32 requires anyone buying, selling, trading or consigning secondhand or junk property in Everett, Washington to hold a city secondhand dealer license, at an annual fee of $50 (versus $250 for pawnbrokers), and to run the business from one fixed location in the city rather than multiple shops under a single license. Under EMC 5.32.040, dealers must record each transaction's date, the seller's signature, name, address and government-issued ID, a full description of the item including serial numbers, and the price paid, and keep that record open to police inspection for three years. A dealer with good cause to believe an item was stolen must report it to police.
Violations & Fines
Dealing in secondhand or junk property without a license, or keeping incomplete transaction records, violates EMC Chapter 5.32 and can be prosecuted as a gross misdemeanor under EMC 5.32.130.
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