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San Bernardino County

San Bernardino County Land Use Services Department, Code Enforcement Division

In short

San Bernardino County Land Use Services Department, Code Enforcement Division issues 2 permits we publish for San Bernardino County, last verified 2026-09-27. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Peddler and Secondhand Dealer Licenseonly if it applies to youSan Bernardino County Land Use Services Department, Code Enforcement Division$356 flat — the County Fee Ordinance does not distinguish an initial application fee from a renewal feenot stated in the County Fee Ordinance whether this is a one-time or a recurring fee2026-09-27
Home Occupation Permitonly if it applies to youSan Bernardino County Land Use Services Department, Code Enforcement DivisionInitial permit application $594.00; biennial renewal $423.00, per the County Fee Ordinance effective July 1, 2026.biennial renewal2026-09-27

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

Peddler and Secondhand Dealer License

Required only if a retail-store business model fits the County Code's 'peddler' or 'secondhand dealer' definition — for example a pawn shop, thrift store or used-goods reseller — not an ordinary new-goods retail store. The unincorporated-area license costs $356.00 under the County Fee Ordinance effective July 1, 2026, the same figure as in the FY 2025-26 schedule. The fee ordinance does not define 'secondhand dealer'; that definition sits in the County Code's business-licensing titles and settles precisely which retail business models this reaches. Treat any retail-store model built substantially around buying and reselling used goods as at risk of needing this license, and confirm the definition with LUS Code Enforcement, (909) 884-4056, before assuming it does or does not apply. This license, like every Code Enforcement Division product recorded for the County, applies only in the unincorporated area — incorporated cities run their own peddler/secondhand ordinances.

Home Occupation Permit

Required of any business run from a residence in the unincorporated area. LUS Code Enforcement's own page states this 'applies only to the unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County, categorized by three geographical regions: the Valley, the Mountain, and the Desert,' with regional differences in how the permit is obtained. The fee is $594.00 for the initial application and $423.00 for each biennial renewal under the County Fee Ordinance effective July 1, 2026. This is most plausible for a contractor's home office, an in-home personal trainer or a home-based stylist, but the County's own page frames it as reaching any home-based business in the unincorporated area, so it is listed broadly here; a full restaurant, food truck commissary or veterinary clinic run from a residence would still need to clear the underlying Development Code use restrictions, which are not itemized here. Licensed family day care homes are excluded from this list because California's Family Day Care Homes preemption statutes bar a discretionary local permit for that specific use (see the child care licensing record).

Contact

Jurisdiction
San Bernardino County
Phone
(909) 884-4056; Hesperia (760) 995-8140

Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. County Fee Ordinance FY 2026-27 (effective July 1, 2026), County Code §16.0215C Code Enforcement fees — Peddler and Secondhand Dealer licence, Home Occupation Permit and Private Kennel permit feesSan Bernardino County Land Use Services Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
  2. County Fee Ordinance, effective July 1, 2022 — earlier edition (Internet Archive capture), kept for the history of the Home Occupation and kennel/cattery feesSan Bernardino County Land Use Services Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. Home Occupation Permits — Code Enforcement Division's own page, stating the permit applies only to the unincorporated areas of the County across its Valley, Mountain and Desert regionsSan Bernardino County Land Use Services Department, Code Enforcement Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08

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