TO: LICENSED PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS
This notice is to bring to the attention of the licensed Pawnbroker and/or Secondhand Dealer, the
requirements of daily reporting to the Police Chief or Sheriff in your jurisdiction.
Pursuant to Financial Code section 21208 and Business and Professions Code section 21628, a licensed
Pawnbroker and/or Secondhand Dealer must report DAILY to the Police Chief or Sheriff in their
jurisdiction, a listing of defined sales and/or goods. To find out more information regarding reportable
sales and/or goods, you should contact your local Police Chief or Sheriff or check on-line at the
California Legislative Counsel’s website at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/.
To obtain the required daily reporting form (JUS 123 – Pawnbrokers/Secondhand Dealer Report),
contact your local Police Chief or Sheriff. A sample is providcd on the following page.
Financial Code section 21208.
Every pawnbroker shall report daily or on the first working day after receipt or purchase, all descriptions
of all property received in pledge or purchased as tangible personal property, as defined in Section
21627 of the Business and Professions Code, in whatever quantity received, including property
purchased as tangible personal property at wholesale, tangible personal property taken in for sale or
possessed on consignment for sale, and tangible personal property taken in trade.
If the transaction took place within the territorial limits of an incorporated city, the report shall be
submitted to the police chief executive of the city or his or her designee, by mail unless otherwise agreed
upon by the pawnbroker and the police chief executive or his or her designee. If the transaction took
place outside the territorial limits of an incorporated city, the report shall be submitted to the sheriff of
the county or his or her designee, by mail unless otherwise agreed upon by the pawnbroker and the
sheriff or his or her designee.
All reports shall be on form
s approved or provided at actual cost by the Department of Justice. The
police chief executive or sheriff who receives a report on a form filed pursuant to the provisions of this
section shall daily submit a legible copy of the transactions to the Department of Justice . . .
Business and Professions Code section 21628.
Every secondhand dealer or coin dealer described in Section 21626 shall report daily, or on the first
working day after receipt or purchase of the property, on forms either approved or provided at actual
cost by the Department of Justice, all tangible personal property which he or she has purchased, taken in
trade, taken in pawn, accepted for sale on consignment, or accepted for auctioning, to the chief of police
or to the sheriff, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 21630 and 21633 and subdivision (j) of
this section. The report shall be legible, prepared in English, completed where applicable, and include,
but not be limited to, the following information . . .