Killeen, TX Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

The application under Sec. 15-101 has to go to the police department records section and include the applicant's full name, business and residence address, date of birth, physical description, and a disclosure of any conviction for theft, fraud, tampering with evidence or tampering with a government record. It must be notarized, and the city manager has ten days to approve or deny it. Sec. 15-102 lets the city manager reject an application if the business location violates city ordinances, if the applicant broke this article within the past two years, lied on the application, or has a qualifying criminal conviction; Sec.

15-104 gives the same grounds for revoking a license already issued. A denied or revoked dealer can appeal to the city council under Sec. 15-105, with a hearing where both sides present evidence and the appellant opens and closes argument. Sec. 15-108 requires every dealer to log each purchase, item description with serial number, seller's ID and physical description, vehicle license plate, price paid, either on a three-part carbon log kept in ink or through the Leads Online database, and to retain those records for three years.

Sec. 15-109 requires a weekly copy of that log delivered to the police chief by Monday noon unless the dealer uses Leads Online. Sec. 15-111 bars buying from an unaccompanied minor without a parent's written consent, Sec. 15-113 bars possessing any item with an altered or removed serial number, and Sec. 15-115 holds every purchased item for seven business days before resale.