Longmont, CO Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- License fee
- $50 first yr / $25 renewal
- Combined junk+secondhand
- $75 first yr / $50 renewal
- Article hold period
- 14 days for inspection
- License expires
- Dec. 31, renew by Feb. 1
Summary
Longmont requires a city license to buy, trade, sell, or accept secondhand goods on consignment, with fees, exemptions, and detailed transaction records.
It is unlawful to engage in the business of purchasing, trading, selling or accepting for consignment secondhand goods without a license from the city clerk to carry on the business. Persons or corporations engaged in a business which has an ancillary business of purchasing or accepting for consignment secondhand goods for occasional resale are exempted from the requirement of obtaining a license. Examples of exempted businesses include, but are not limited to, jewelry and music stores. Every person selling at a market such as a flea market, either indoors or outdoors, where secondhand goods are sold from individual locations, with each location being operated independently from the other locations, shall obtain a separate license. Persons licensed as pawnbrokers under chapter 6.56 are exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
(Code 1993, § 6.44.030; Code 2009, § 6.44.030; Ord. No. O-92-22, § 1)
Full Breakdown
Under Municipal Code Chapter 6.44, it is unlawful to engage in the business of purchasing, trading, selling, or accepting for consignment secondhand goods in Longmont without a city clerk license; businesses with only an ancillary secondhand trade, like jewelry or music stores, are exempt, and licensed pawnbrokers are exempt from this chapter's duplicate requirements. Each independent flea-market location needs its own license. The fee is $50.00 the first year and $25.00 per renewal, or $75.00/$50.00 for a combined junk-and-secondhand license, and licenses expire December 31 and must be renewed by February 1. Dealers must record seller identity, ID number, and item details on city-supplied forms, deliver the police copy within three days, and hold acquired articles unaltered for 14 days for law-enforcement inspection.
Violations & Fines
Operating as a secondhand dealer without the required license, buying from a minor or a known theft/burglary convict, accepting altered-serial-number items, falsifying required records, or failing to hold articles for the 14-day inspection period are all violations under Chapter 6.44.
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