Licenses; application; criminal history background check required.
Peoria, Ariz., City Code § 11-83
in effectSec. 11-83. Licenses; application; criminal history background check required.
(a) Each applicant for a license identified in this section that is issued by the City of Peoria shall provide to the chief of police fingerprint identification. The chief of police shall, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1750 and Public Law 92-184, section 902, forward those fingerprints accompanied by appropriate fees to the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of seeking criminal history information on such applicant. Such information shall be used only for the purposes of evaluating the fitness of the applicant applying for the following types of licenses from the city of Peoria:
Peddlers
Solicitors
Massage therapist
Teletracking
Second hand/junk dealers
Exhibitors
Auctioneers
Auction houses
Massage facilities
Carnivals/circus
Pawnbrokers
(b) The city shall comply with any relevant state and federal, statutes, rules and regulations that may relate to the dissemination of such criminal history information obtained under this section.
(c) Applicants for registration under this code shall be required to furnish two satisfactory photographs of the applicant, one to be attached to the applicants registration card and the other to be retained by the police department.
(d) Applicants for registration under this code shall be required to furnish to the police department a complete description of the product to be sold in the city, together with information regarding sales methods to be used and references that will enable the chief of police or designee to determine whether or not such applicant is qualified to receive a license as provided in this code. Investigation by the chief of police or designee under the provisions of this code shall be completed within thirty (30) days after the applicant has given the required information.
(e) The finance department shall collect a fee for the processing of the fingerprints, obtaining criminal history information and the registration provided for in this code in such amounts as provided by this code.
(Code 1977, § 9-1-2; Ord. No. 91-12, 5/14/91; Ord. No. 93-48, 11/2/93, Amended; Ord. No. 02-42, 6/7/02, Amended (SUPP 2002-2); Ord. No. 2017-27, § 63, 6-13-17; Ord. No. 2020-10, § 2, 8-18-20)
Source: City of Peoria, Arizona, City Code and Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/peoriaaz/latest/peoria_az/0-0-0-50612Fetched: 11/8/2026