Redondo Beach, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Council permit required
- same permit chapter as pawnbrokers
- Annual license tax
- $99.00 plus per-employee rate
- Standard holding period
- 30 days on purchased goods
- Household goods exemption
- lamps, stoves, furniture excluded
- Minor transactions
- prohibited under age 18
- Enforcement
- Chief of Police can revoke permit
Summary
Redondo Beach defines a secondhand dealer as anyone buying, selling or dealing in used goods and taxes that business separately from pawnbrokers, at $99 a year plus a per-employee rate, while still requiring the same Council permit and police reporting rules under Municipal Code Chapter 16.
"Secondhand dealer" shall mean any person engaging in, conducting, managing, or carrying on the business of buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in used or secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise. ... Secondhand dealers. ... Every person engaged in the business of secondhand dealer shall pay an annual license tax in the amount of Ninety-Nine and no/100ths ($99.00) Dollars, plus the basic rate per employee. ... Licenses: Issuance. No license shall be issued for a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer without compliance with the requirements of Chapter 16 of Title 4 of this Code regulating pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4889554; v14 updated 2026-05-12).
Full Breakdown
103 before opening. 102 exempts a person who takes secondhand goods as trade-in on new merchandise while acting as an authorized dealer of that manufacturer, and exempts the sale of lamps, stoves and household furniture, except sewing machines, musical instruments and typewriters, which remain regulated. 22(37)(c). 203 lists additional exemptions from the daily reporting and record-keeping duties: trade-ins accepted by dealers whose primary business is retailing new merchandise, property previously reported to the Police Department and already held the required time, property acquired in job lots from a government agency, and donated property received by nonprofit, religious, benevolent or charitable organizations (except firearms). 202(b). 212.
Violations & Fines
A violation of the reporting, record-keeping or exemption provisions of Chapter 16 exposes a secondhand dealer's Council permit to revocation by the Chief of Police under section 4-16.108 upon satisfactory evidence of the violation, ending the right to continue the business. Disposing of property contrary to a police hold order under section 4-16.204(c) is independently unlawful, and violating the business license chapter or misrepresenting facts on the license application is a misdemeanor under section 6-1.29.
Frequently Asked Questions
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