Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers License: 3-32-1

No person, either as the owner, manager, lessee, officer, or agent, or in any other capacity, shall operate or permit to be operated as a pawnbroker or secondhand dealership without first having obtained a license from the Village to do so. Each license shall commence on January 1 and shall terminate on December 31. An application for a license and license fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be made in writing to the Village Clerk or their authorized designee. Every applicant for a license shall file with the Village a license and permit bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).

The Police Chief or any Officer designated by him shall have general supervision over all pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers, and shall also have the power to inspect their respective places of business. In the event that a person seeking to sell or pawn any item presents to the owner/operator/employee of a pawn or secondhand shop what is reasonably believed to be a false/fictitious/forged/altered ID card, a representative of that business shall notify the Police Department of the incident while the person is still present in the business if safe to do so, or otherwise as soon as the person has left the business. Every pawnbroker or secondhand dealer who shall receive or be in possession of any goods, articles or things under circumstances which would lead a reasonable person to conclude that they have been lost or stolen, or which have been alleged or supposed to have been lost or stolen shall immediately notify the Police Department of such receipt.

Pawnbroker and Secondhand Dealer License Application

Pawnbroker and Secondhand Dealer Application- Renewal

Pawnbroker and Secondhand Dealer Background Check Consent Form

Manager Application