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Fees and forms – second-hand dealers and pawnbrokers

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Registration fees and forms - myCAV
Registration fees and forms – outside myCAV
Notices and statements

The table below sets out fees for the 2025-26 financial year.

Registration fees and forms - myCAV

Activity	Form	Fee (all amounts are GST exempt)
Create a myCAV account to apply for registration, lodge annual statement or change registration details	Create or sign-in to your myCAV account For more information, view About myCAV.	Free
Lodge annual statement and fee	Second-hand dealer – lodge annual statement Sign-in to your myCAV account	$127.80
Apply for registration – company or other organisation	Second-hand dealer registration application – organisation Create or sign-in to your myCAV account	$361.40
Apply for registration – individual	Second-hand dealer registration application – individual Create or sign-in to your myCAV account	$361.40
Withdraw a registration application	Sign-in to your myCAV account	N/A
Apply for permission to be registered	You may apply to the Business Licensing Authority (BLA) for permission if disqualifying circumstances apply. Apply for permission – individual Apply for permission – company Create or sign-in to your myCAV account Find information about spent convictions.	$798.50
Update registration details	You can update your registration details at any time. Find more information about how to update registration details.	N/A
Lodge annual statement late fee	N/A – the BLA will send late notice to you via myCAV if it does not receive your annual statement and fee by your registration anniversary date. Go to Annual statement and fees.	N/A
Find and print your registration certificate	Sign-in to your myCAV account	N/A

Registration fees and forms - outside myCAV

Activity	Form	Fee (all amounts are GST exempt)
Update registration details	You can update your registration details at any time. Find more information on how to update registration details.	N/A
Consent to nationally coordinated criminal history and other record checks	This form is only required if you do not complete online identity verification. Consent to Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (Word, 622KB)	N/A
Apply to vary or revoke registration conditions	N/A – send the BLA a request in writing via the BLA enquiry form. The BLA will contact you about the requirements and the fee.	$50.40
Surrender registration	Second-hand Dealers - change of details (online form) Important note: If you surrender your registration and then decide to re-apply in future, you will be issued with a new registration number.	N/A
Permission application supplementary form	You must complete a supplementary permission application form and attach it to your permission application in myCAV along with any other supporting information requested.	N/A

Notices and statements

Activity	Form	Fee (all amounts are GST exempt)
Advise customers of the fee amounts you charge	Notice of pawnbrokers charges (PDF, 6KB)	N/A
Advise customers when they have $10 or more in residual equity	Notice of sale of pawned goods (PDF, 14KB)	N/A
Advise customers of their rights if they believe that goods stolen from them are available for sale on your premises	Notice of stolen goods (PDF, 6KB)	N/A
Advise owners of goods of the rights and responsibilities of all parties when you advance money on the security of goods received in pawn	What are my rights when I pawn goods? (PDF, 38KB)	N/A
Provide a statement verifying that copies of your transaction records provided to Victoria Police upon request are the same as the original records	Verifying statement (Word, 9KB)	N/A

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