Business Licensing & Operations in Iron County, UT (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Iron County, Utah.
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Secondhand Dealers
Secondhand merchandise dealers in unincorporated Iron County pay the county's general business license fee and must make a reasonable investigation into the origin of everything they buy, sell or receive to ensure it is not stolen property, the same anti-theft duty imposed on swap meet operators and pawnbrokers.
Iron County Secondhand Dealer License Anti-Theft Duty
Some RestrictionsIron County Code § 5.08.020(A)-(B)
A.Pawnbrokers, swap meet operators, and dealers in secondhand merchandise shall pay the general license fee required by Section 5.04.070.B.Any person engaged in the business of lending money upon deposit or pledge of personal property or other thing of value, other than securities and printed evidence of indebtedness, or in the business of purchasing personal property or things of value or sell...
Pawnbrokers
Pawnbrokers in unincorporated Iron County must post a five-thousand-dollar surety bond, be at least twenty-one, a U.S. citizen and free of felony or moral-turpitude convictions in the past ten years, and keep a full transaction ledger with a copy sent to the sheriff every week.
Iron County Pawnbroker Bond, Age and Ledger Rules
Significant RestrictionsIron County Code § 5.08.020(E)-(F)
E.Every person applying for a license as a pawnbroker shall be required to post a cash or corporate surety bond to the county in the amount of five thousand dollars acceptable to the license officer conditioned upon faithful observance of all ordinances and laws respecting pawnbrokers.F.No person shall be granted a pawnbroker's license unless they are of good moral character, over the age of tw...
Auto Repair on Residential Property
Iron County Code Section 17.36.280(J) excludes automotive repair, body work, painting, towing operations and vehicle sales or rentals from the list of businesses allowed as an expanded home occupation. A residential property in unincorporated Iron County cannot obtain an administrative land use permit for auto repair work.
Iron County Bans Home-Based Auto Repair Businesses
Heavy RestrictionsIron County Code § 17.36.280(J)
J.Does not include nursing homes, restaurants, boarding houses; the storage or sale of flammable, explosive, or hazardous materials; junk or salvage yards; sexually oriented businesses; automotive repair or body work or painting, towing operations, or vehicle sales or rentals; and complies with all required federal and state licensing/permitting requirements; and
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