Pompano Beach, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Definition
- Covers dealers with no fixed storefront
- Thumbprint
- Seller's right thumbprint on every form
- Records
- Delivered to local law enforcement agency
- State license
- FDOR or FDACS copy required before BTR
- Penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 60 days jail
Summary
Pompano Beach expands who counts as a secondhand dealer and layers extra recordkeeping onto Florida's Secondhand Dealers and Secondary Metals Recyclers Act. Code of Ordinances Section 115.17 covers dealers with no fixed storefront, requires a seller's thumbprint on every transaction form, and conditions the business tax receipt on a valid state license.
(1) The term SECONDHAND DEALER is expanded to include any secondhand dealer as defined in state statute whether or not located in a fixed place of business. (2) In addition to record keeping requirements as mandated by state statute, a secondhand dealer or pawnbroker shall also deliver and conform their record keeping to their local law enforcement agency to include: (a) The amount of money paid or loaned by the dealer or pawnbroker for the item. (b) No entry made in the record shall be erased, obliterated or defaced. ... (4) An original right thumbprint of the seller shall be affixed to all forms indicating a transaction of secondhand goods as required by state statute to be delivered to the City’s Business Tax Receipt Division.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-122: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through 2026-35, passed 7-29-26).
Full Breakdown
17(1) expands the definition of SECONDHAND DEALER to include any secondhand dealer as defined in state statute whether or not the business is located in a fixed place of business, closing a loophole for dealers who operate without a storefront. S. Chapter 538's recordkeeping mandate: a secondhand dealer must deliver and conform its records to the local law enforcement agency, listing the exact amount of money paid or loaned for each item, and no entry in that record may be erased, obliterated, or defaced. Subsection (4) requires an original right thumbprint of the seller on every form documenting a secondhand goods transaction, delivered to the city's Business Tax Receipt Division; the thumbprint may be used only to identify the seller when probable cause exists that the goods are stolen.
Subsection (5) requires a copy of a valid license from the Florida Department of Revenue or the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services before the city issues a Zoning Use Certificate or business tax receipt to the dealer. The section was adopted by Ord. 91-14 in 1990 and amended by Ord. 2015-36 in 2015.
Violations & Fines
A secondhand dealer who fails to keep the required records, skips the seller's thumbprint, or operates without the state license on file is subject to the city's general penalty at Section 10.99: a fine of up to $500, up to 60 days imprisonment, or both, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense. The city's Business Tax Receipt Division can also withhold approval until the state license copy is filed.
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Sources & Official References
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