Parma, OH Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Licensing authority
- Director of Public Safety
- License fee
- $100 plus $10 per employee
- Accepting goods barred
- 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Minimum seller age
- 18 years old
- Daily reporting
- uploaded to LeadsOnline
- Penalty
- first-degree misdemeanor per day
Summary
Parma requires anyone buying or selling used goods, from electronics to furniture, to license as a secondhand dealer with the Director of Public Safety. Chapter 626 excludes secondhand clothing stores, bars accepting goods overnight, requires a photographed registry of every item taken in, and mandates daily reporting to LeadsOnline.
“Secondhand dealer” means any person, including owners, agents, and employees, engaged in the business of purchasing or selling goods of any kind or description, having once been used or transferred from the manufacturer to the dealer and then received into the possession of third parties, including but not limited to iron or other metal, furniture, electronics, electronic games, articles of household utensils, articles of personal use, or jewelry of any kind or description... but “secondhand dealer” excludes secondhand clothing stores or any person dealing exclusively in secondhand clothing... It shall be unlawful for any junk dealer, pawnbroker, or secondhand dealer to accept delivery of any secondhand or used item(s) or merchandise between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-30: Local legislation current to August 3, 2026 | State legislation current to June 25, 2025).
Full Breakdown
01(c) defines a secondhand dealer as anyone in the business of buying or selling previously used goods of any kind, from metal and furniture to electronics and jewelry, but excludes secondhand clothing stores. Every secondhand dealer must first obtain a license from the Director of Public Safety by filing a sworn application disclosing the business location, owners' addresses for the past three years, fingerprints and photographs of owners and corporate officers taken by the Chief of Police, criminal history, and prior license denials or revocations, plus written character references from at least three residents.
The nonrefundable fee is $100 per license plus $10 per employee, and the license expires every December 31. 03 requires a registry, kept within one hour of each transaction, containing a photograph and full description of the item, plus the seller's name, state ID or driver's license number, and address; the register and stock must be open to police inspection at all times. 04 requires a daily upload of every item purchased to the LeadsOnline database. m. 09 bars knowingly giving false identification to a dealer for a pledged or sold item.
Violations & Fines
Any violation of Chapter 626, including operating without a license, skipping the registry, buying after hours, or dealing with a minor, is a first-degree misdemeanor under Section 626.99, with each day of continuation a separate offense; an owner's license is also subject to immediate revocation for a violation by an employee or agent.
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