Business Licensing & Operations in Nassau County, FL (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Nassau County, Florida.
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Adult Entertainment
Nassau County requires anyone operating or working at a sexually oriented business, adult bookstores, cabarets, motels, theaters, semi-nude model studios, sexual device shops or encounter centers, to hold a county license. Applicants must disclose criminal history and business details; the county administrator can deny, suspend or revoke a license for cause after a hearing.
Sexually Oriented Business License In Nassau County
Significant RestrictionsNassau County Code § 26½-4
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a sexually oriented business in the county without a valid sexually oriented business license.(b)It shall be unlawful for any person to be an employee, as defined in this chapter, of a sexually oriented business in the county without a valid sexually oriented business license. ... An applicant for a sexually oriented business license or a sexual...
Tobacco Retail License
Nassau County bars retailers from selling e-cigarettes or liquid nicotine to anyone under 18 and from stocking them in open, self-service displays customers can reach. Code §§ 19¼-79 and 19¼-81 keep vape products behind the counter or in customer-inaccessible cases, enforced as a misdemeanor under § 19¼-82.
Nassau County e-cigarette retail sale rules
Some RestrictionsNassau County Code §§ 19¼-79, 19¼-81
It is prohibited for any person to sell or offer for sale E-cigarettes or liquid nicotine within the county to a person under eighteen (18) years of age. ... (a)No person engaged in the retail sale of E-cigarettes or liquid nicotine shall sell, permit to be sold, offer for sale, or display for sale E-cigarettes or liquid nicotine by means of self-service merchandising.(b)No person engaged in th...
Secondhand Dealers
Anyone in unincorporated Nassau County who buys or sells old, used or secondhand gold, silver or platinum items must keep a sheriff-approved transaction register recording the seller's identity and a description of each item, hold purchased items for ten days before resale, and hand a daily transcript to the sheriff's office by noon. Selling to a minor is banned outright.
Nassau County Secondhand Precious Metals Dealer Rules
Some RestrictionsNassau County Code §§ 18½-21, 18½-22, 18½-23
The purpose of this article is to set forth regulations governing the purchase and disposition of personal property made of precious metals by dealers within the county. ... Dealer means any person engaged in the business of purchasing or selling at retail or wholesale or otherwise dealing in any old, used or secondhand precious metals of any kind or description, whether with a fixed place of b...
Towing Companies
Nonconsensual and trespass tows in Nassau County may only be performed by a wrecker operator certified as 'qualified' by the Sheriff's Office under the Nassau County Wrecker Ordinance. Operating without that certification is unlawful, and Code § 18½-157 caps what a certified operator may charge for each vehicle class.
Nassau County wrecker licensing and tow rates
Significant RestrictionsNassau County Code § 18½-160
(a)In order to operate as a wrecker operator in the county, a person, partnership, corporation, or business entity must first be identified as a qualified wrecker operator by application to the division. For the purposes of this article, a qualified wrecker operator is a wrecker operator that meets the requirements of this article and state statutes, and that possesses a certification from the ...
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