Waterbury, CT Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Licensing authority
- Superintendent of Police
- Fee
- set in annual budget's fee schedule
- License term
- 1 year, expires December 31
- Appeal path
- to relevant board or Board of Aldermen
- Also licensed, Ch. 110
- pawnbrokers, junk dealers, peddlers
Summary
Secondhand dealers and junk dealers operating in Waterbury must procure a license from the Superintendent of Police before engaging in that trade, under City Code sections 110.01 and 110.02, and pay a license fee set in the city's annual schedule of fees and charges.
Section 110.01: Every person engaged or intending to engage in any occupation, calling, undertaking or trade hereinafter mentioned shall, before engaging in the occupation, calling, undertaking or trade, procure a license from the proper authority mentioned in this chapter and pay to him the license fee as set forth in the schedule of fees and charges attached to the annual budget of the city, pursuant to Section 41.11 of the code. Section 110.02(A): The Superintendent shall issue licenses and collect fees for the following: ... (12) Junk dealers; ... (19) Secondhand dealers...
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-8: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through September 8, 2025).
Full Breakdown
11. 02(A) names secondhand dealers and junk dealers among the 22 specific trades the Superintendent of Police licenses and fees directly, alongside pawnbrokers, peddlers and itinerant vendors, hucksters, and walking parade vendors, reflecting the chapter's grouping of businesses that traffic in used or resalable goods under police oversight. 10 gives a denied or aggrieved applicant the right to appeal to the board with jurisdiction over the license, or to the Board of Aldermen if no other board has authority. 11 makes clear no Chapter 110 license excuses a breach of any other law.
Violations & Fines
Operating as a secondhand or junk dealer in Waterbury without the section 110.02 license, or violating a condition attached under section 110.06, is punishable under the chapter's general penalty at section 10.99, and the Superintendent of Police may revoke the license outright under section 110.09 after notice for any breach of its terms.
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