San Jacinto, CA Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

Two rows of Category F, Special Business (Fixed Fees), cover this trade. Item 35 sets secondhand dealers, "as defined by state law," at $150.00 per year. Item 23 sets junk dealers at $5.00 per day or $35.00 for six months, $70.00 per year, per truck route plus the graduated scale basis of computation for employees. The city rows do not define either term for secondhand goods, and this page does not quote the state definition.

Both rows end in an asterisk, and the footnote to the list flags the business as one that can require a certificate of compliance. Under § 5.04.250, a certificate of compliance must first be obtained before a license is issued for certain specified businesses. The application names the nature of the business and its locations, lists three responsible persons who have known the applicant for more than three years, discloses any convictions, and includes fingerprints plus the required state processing fee.

The employee scale in § 5.08.060 runs from $10.00 for 1 or 2 full-time employees to $200.00 plus $5.00 for each employee over fifty. Out-of-town businesses pay twice the prescribed fee under § 5.08.040, so a dealer based outside the City of San Jacinto pays the doubled amount unless the chapter says otherwise.

Section 5.04.190 makes it unlawful to carry on any business without a license, § 5.04.200(A) requires a separate license for each location, and § 5.04.530 lets a person aggrieved by a collector decision appeal to the city council by filing a notice of appeal with the city clerk. A daily fee license expires at midnight of the day issued under § 5.04.120(B), and an annual one expires one calendar year after issuance.