Hall County, GA Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

Sec. 550(A)(3) lists secondhand sales, along with pawnbrokerages and precious metal dealers, among the businesses that must be investigated before a business license is issued in unincorporated Hall County, grouped with auctioneers, billiard and game room operators, canvassers and solicitors, carnivals, taxi and limousine services, and bounty hunters. Under subsection (B), no license can issue to any such business if an owner, partner, principal stockholder, or licensee, whether the interest is direct or indirect, has been convicted or pleaded nolo contendere within ten years for a crime involving moral turpitude, or within five years for any felony or misdemeanor under state, federal, municipal, or county law that would affect the applicant's ability to properly run the business, excluding traffic offenses.

A 'conviction' for this purpose includes an adjudication of guilt, a guilty plea, a nolo contendere plea, or a forfeited bond when charged with a crime. 00 fee for the business license director to schedule that appeal hearing before the board. Secondhand dealers also fall under the general temporary suspension authority in Sec. 480(A), which lists 'second hand sales' by name among businesses whose license the business license director and county administrator may suspend immediately, pending a hearing, if continued operation creates an immediate danger to public health, safety, security, or welfare because of a state law or county ordinance violation.