Money Lender or Pawn Shop Licence
Requirements
- Completed Application Form
- Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)
- Valid identification (Passport, National ID or Plastic Card Driver’s Licence)
- Business Registration from Deeds Registry; Company Act or Articles of Incorporation
- Money Lenders’ Certificate from Magistrate’s Court
- Recent Police Clearance (no less than six months)
- An interview is conducted upon lodgement of the above documents.
Requirements
- Application form
- Previous year’s licence
- Valid identification (Passport, National ID or Driver’s Plastic Card Licence)
- Business Registration from Deeds Registry, Companies Act or Articles of Incorporation
- Money Lenders’ Certificate from Magistrate’s Court
Pawn Brokers
Georgetown
The cost of Pawn Brokers Licence is Fifty Thousand Guyana Dollars (G$50,000.00).
New Amsterdam | Linden
The cost of Pawn Brokers Licence is Thirty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Guyana Dollars (G$37,500.00).
Elsewhere in Guyana
The cost of Pawn Brokers Licence is Twenty-Five Thousand Guyana Dollars (G$25,000.00).
Money Lenders
The cost of a Money Lenders’ Licence is Twenty- Two Thousand Five Hundred Guyana Dollars (G$22,500.00).
These licences must be renewed on an annual basis.