Business Licensing & Operations in Daviess County, KY (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Daviess County, Kentucky.
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Adult Entertainment
Daviess County requires a County Clerk license, renewed annually, for any adult entertainment establishment and its employees, bars operation between midnight and 6:00 a.m., and ties license issuance to compliance with separate locational zoning rules for the county and City of Owensboro.
Daviess County Adult Entertainment Business License
Significant RestrictionsDaviess County Code of Ordinances § 112.03; § 112.12
(A) Business license. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate an adult entertainment establishment in the county without a valid adult entertainment establishment license. (B) Employee license. It shall be unlawful for any person to be an employee...of an adult entertainment establishment in the county without a valid adult entertainment establishment employee license... No adult ent...
Secondhand Dealers
Daviess County requires every dealer in secondhand jewelry, coins, precious metals, and similar items to keep a daily register of transactions, hand a copy to the Owensboro Police Chief and County Sheriff by 11:00 a.m. daily, hold articles five days before resale, and never buy from anyone under 18.
Daviess County Secondhand Dealer Register Rules
Some RestrictionsDaviess County Code of Ordinances § 111.01
It shall be the duty of all persons dealing in the purchase, sale, or exchange of second-hand or antique jewelry, coins, watches, diamonds, or other precious stones, cutlery, old gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals, or any other second-hand manufactured articles, composed wholly or in part of gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals, to keep a daily register on a form provi...
Towing Companies
Daviess County runs non-consent, accident-scene towing through Sheriff-administered wrecker, body-shop, and storage service lists under Code § 30.02. A wrecker company pays a $250 annual regulatory fee, must run 24-hour service, and gets dispatched on a rotation only when the vehicle owner or operator states no preference for who tows the car.
Daviess County Non-Consent Wrecker Rules
Some RestrictionsDaviess County Code of Ordinances § 30.02
(D)(1) Wrecker service list. All wrecker service businesses in the county shall be eligible for inclusion on the wrecker service list provided said business meets all of the following requirements and conditions. (a) All wrecker service businesses must submit a written application in a form and format approved by the County Sheriff and pay an annual regulatory service fee of $250. (b) The wreck...
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