Maricopa, AZ Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

All auctioneers, pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers, and scrap dealers shall submit to a fingerprinting process as directed by the licensing office in accordance with this chapter.

C. Scrap dealers shall file reports with the police department consistent with all of the requirements contained in A.R.S. § 44-1644 as amended or as may be amended.

D. Secondhand dealers shall file reports with and in a manner approved by the police department consistent with all of the requirements contained in A.R.S. § 44-1602(C) as amended or as may be amended and the requirements of this chapter upon forms provided or approved by the police department. The required forms are paid for in advance at a location designated by the police department.

1. Any person subject to the provisions of this chapter who is engaged in the business of secondhand dealer shall, at the time of the transaction, include in the report all goods or articles received on deposit, consignment, trade, exchange or purchase which bear a serial number, owner applied number (O.A.N.) or have a fair market value in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00).

2. A secondhand dealer shall retain any property obtained in a reportable transaction at its place of business or other storage location approved by the police department for a period of 10 calendar days after making out and delivering to the police department the report required under this subsection.