Wyoming, MI Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Licenses required
- General business license + mayor-issued dealer license
- State law tie-in
- 1917 PA 350, MCL 445.401 et seq.
- Issuing authority
- Wyoming mayor (dealer license)
- Recordkeeping
- Set by the state secondhand dealer act
- First-offense fine
- $250.00 municipal civil infraction
Summary
Secondhand and junk dealers in the City of Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County) need both a city general business license and a separate mayor-issued license under Wyoming Code of Ordinances Article X, tied directly to Michigan's secondhand dealer statute, 1917 PA 350, MCL 445.401 et seq.
Sec. 14-101. - Secondhand dealer and junk dealer license required. Secondhand dealers and junk dealers may only operate in the city with a general business license as provided in this chapter and after also obtaining a license issued by the mayor pursuant to this article and 1917 PA 350, MCL 445.401 et seq.
Sec. 14-103. - Records and business practices. A licensee under this article must comply with the recordkeeping and other requirements of 1917 PA 350, MCL 445.401 et seq.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 26 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 401 et seq. Sec. 14-102 requires the application to be filed and the license issued in accordance with that same state act, and Sec. 14-103 requires licensees to comply with the recordkeeping and other business-practice requirements of 1917 PA 350. Because Article X does not set its own numeric fee schedule or recordkeeping detail, dealers are governed by whatever the state secondhand dealer act requires (dealer registration, transaction records and reporting), layered on top of the city's standard general business license process in Article II: an application to the city clerk (Sec.
14-4), review by the police chief, fire chief, treasurer, planner and building official (Sec. 14-5), and grounds for denial, suspension or revocation including a misrepresentation in the application or a prior conviction for fraud, deceit or theft (Sec. 14-9). Licenses expire annually on December 31 and are non-transferable (Sec. 14-7). This is the City of Wyoming in Kent County, Michigan, bordering Grand Rapids; it is not the State of Wyoming.
Violations & Fines
Article X carries no standalone penalty clause, so a violation falls under Chapter 14's general enforcement provision, Sec. 14-14: a municipal civil infraction with a $250.00 fine for a first offense, $500.00 for a second, and $2,500.00 for any subsequent offense, plus a possible court order for compliance and restitution. Each day of operation without the required licenses is a separate offense.
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