Delaware County
Delaware County Sheriff's Office
In short
Delaware County Sheriff's Office issues 1 permit we publish for Delaware County, last verified 2026-10-01. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precious Metals Dealer License | Delaware County Sheriff's Office | $50 per year (the statutory maximum) | 1 year | 2026-10-01 |
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
Precious Metals Dealer License
A retail-store business in Delaware County that buys precious metals from the general public for resale or refining — a pawn-shop or jewelry-buyer type operation — must obtain a Precious Metals Dealer License from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office. The license requirement and fee are set by Act 17 of 1984, §2, 'License required' (73 P.S. §1932): dealers 'shall obtain a license from the sheriff of each and every county' in which they purchase precious metals, the license fee 'shall not exceed $50 per year,' and the license 'shall be for one year.' The implementing regulation, 37 Pa. Code §501.5, sets the fee at exactly that figure. The $50 annual fee is paid into the Delaware County treasury, and a licensed dealer must also have its scale inspected by the Office of Consumer Affairs/Weights and Measures and send transaction records to the Delaware County District Attorney's Criminal Investigative Division, per Act 17 §3(c).
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware County
- Phone
- 610-891-4296
- Website
- delcopa.gov/sheriff/metals
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.
- 37 Pa. Code Chapter 501, Precious Metals (implementing the Precious Metal Sale Regulation Law)Pennsylvania Code & Bulletin · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
- Precious Metal Sale Regulation Law, Act of February 24, 1984, P.L.92, No.17 (73 P.S. §§1931 et seq.)Pennsylvania General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-30
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