Roseville, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- Municipal Code Chapter 10.67
- Excluded businesses
- Coin dealers, licensed gun-show participants
- Permit issuer
- Roseville police chief
- Permit term
- Two years
- Hold period
- 30 days from daily report date
- Daily report deadline
- Before 10:00 a.m., except Sundays/holidays
- Appeal window
- 10 calendar days to city council
Summary
Roseville requires anyone buying, selling, trading, or auctioning secondhand tangible personal property for business to hold a state Department of Justice secondhand dealer license plus a city permit from the police chief. Municipal Code Chapter 10.67 excludes coin dealers and gun-show participants, and imposes daily transaction reporting, a 30-day hold period, and license-based denial or revocation grounds.
"Secondhand dealer" means any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, trading, taking in pawn, accepting for sale on consignment, accepting for auctioning, or auctioning secondhand tangible personal property pursuant to California Business and Professions Code Section 21626 et seq., as amended from time to time. A "secondhand dealer" does not include a coin dealer or participants at gun shows or events, as defined in Section 478.100 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor provision of law or regulation.
Full Breakdown
67 of the Roseville Municipal Code, added by Ordinance 5208 in 2013, defines a secondhand dealer as anyone engaged in buying, selling, trading, taking in pawn, accepting on consignment, or auctioning secondhand tangible personal property under California Business and Professions Code Section 21626 et seq. 100. 070. 030 requires a copy of each report to be kept on-site for three years, open to inspection by any peace officer. 050 requires purchased secondhand goods to be held for at least 30 days from the date of the daily report before resale, during which the property must be presented for inspection by a peace officer on demand. 110 gives a denied or revoked applicant 10 calendar days to appeal to the city council, whose decision is final.
Violations & Fines
Running a secondhand business without the city permit, or without a current state Department of Justice license, violates Section 10.67.060. Failing to file the daily transaction report, or refusing to show it or the goods on hand to a peace officer, violates Section 10.67.040. Chapter 10.67 sets no fine of its own, so a violation falls back to the general penalty in Section 1.20.010, a misdemeanor with up to a $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail, unless the city attorney charges it as an infraction under Section 1.20.020 instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
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