Business Licensing & Operations in Yuba County, CA (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Yuba County, California.
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Adult Entertainment
No person may operate an adult bookstore in proximity to a school anywhere in unincorporated Yuba County. County Code Section 6.02.010 sets the flat ban, and Section 6.02.020 defines proximity as within 1,000 feet of a school property line, tied to a probable-cause standard about minors viewing harmful matter.
Yuba County Bans Adult Bookstores Near Schools
Significant RestrictionsYuba County Code § 6.02.010, § 6.02.020
No person shall operate an adult bookstore in proximity to a school. ... Adult bookstore means a place situated in the unincorporated area of the County of Yuba, in any part of which place the operator thereof keeps for purposes of sale, trade, advertising or display to persons who enter such place, matter which is harmful matter or matter which is of a nature which would justify the finding by...
Massage Establishments
Unincorporated Yuba County requires a Tax Collector license to operate a massage establishment or work as a massage technician, backed by Sheriff background checks and health review.
Yuba County Massage Establishment License
Significant RestrictionsYuba County Code § 6.04.040
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, conduct, or carry on, or to permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premises within the County of Yuba, the business of massage establishment or to render, or permit to be rendered massage services without having first obtained and have a license issued pursuant to the provisions hereinafter set forth. (Prior Code, § ...
Tattoo & Body Modification
Unincorporated Yuba County requires body art facilities and practitioners, tattoo, permanent cosmetics, and piercing, to register with the Environmental Health Department for fees up to $360, and zones tattoo parlors out of every agricultural and residential district entirely.
Tattoo Parlor Licensing in Yuba County
Significant RestrictionsYuba County Code § 13.20.400 (Consolidated Fee Ordinance — Environmental Health Department)
Tattooing, Permanent Cosmetics, Body Piercing: Ear piercing Facility/one-time registration $90.00; Body Art practitioner/artist $180.00; Body Art Facility (permanent) $360.00; Body Art Facility (Temporary) $180.00; Mobile Body Art Facility $180.00.
Secondhand Dealers
Unincorporated Yuba County requires anyone operating as a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer to hold an annual license from the County Tax Collector before opening for business, under County Code § 6.35.010. Applicants undergo a Sheriff's Office background investigation, must log every transaction, and cannot resell an item for ten days after receiving it.
Yuba County Secondhand Dealer Licensing
Some RestrictionsYuba County Code §§ 6.35.010, 6.35.130, 6.35.170
6.35.010. - License; required. It shall be unlawful for any person or business organization to engage in the business of a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer without first having procured a license pursuant to this Chapter. ... 6.35.130. - Violations; sale within ten days. Except for motor vehicles currently registered with the State of California, it shall be unlawful for any person or business o...
Pawnbrokers
Anyone operating a pawnbroker business in unincorporated Yuba County must obtain an annual license from the County Tax Collector before making any pledge loans.
Yuba County Pawnbroker License Requirement
Some RestrictionsYuba County Code §§ 6.35.010, 6.35.020(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person or business organization to engage in the business of a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer without first having procured a license pursuant to this Chapter. (Prior Code, § 6.35.010; Ord. No. 630; Ord. No. 1423) 6.35.020. - Definitions. The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Sect...
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