Chapter 5.70
SECONDHAND DEALERS

Sections:

5.70.010 Secondhand dealer defined.

5.70.015 License required – Fee – Bond.

5.70.030 Register to be maintained – Inspection.

5.70.040 Daily report to chief of police.

5.70.050 Doing business with certain persons prohibited.

5.70.060 Retention of property purchased.

5.70.010 Secondhand dealer defined.

(1) Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying and/or selling personal property from or to any person other than the original retail seller, the manufacturer or the wholesale distributor shall be deemed to be a secondhand dealer.

(2) This chapter shall not apply to pawnbrokers, as defined in LMC 5.64.010, nor to purchasers and/or sellers of personal property the ownership of which is evidenced by a certificate of ownership issued by a state or federal government. (Ord. 2164 § 1, 1984).

5.70.015 License required – Fee – Bond.

Any secondhand dealer, as defined in this chapter, before engaging in business within the city shall apply for and secure a license to engage in, conduct and transact such secondhand business, the fee for which license shall be the sum of $25.00 per year. Every applicant, before receiving such license, shall provide a surety bond to the city in the penal sum of $1,000, conditioned upon due observance of all ordinances of the city relating to secondhand dealers. All such licenses shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of every year. (Ord. 2164 § 1, 1984).

5.70.030 Register to be maintained – Inspection.

Every secondhand dealer as defined in this chapter shall keep a register in which shall be entered in legible writing in ink, in the English language at the time each purchase or sale of secondhand goods is made, an accurate account of each secondhand article purchased or sold, and such register shall contain the following information:

(1) The date of the purchase or sale;

(2) The name of the person or employee of the secondhand licensee conducting the transaction;

(3) The name, date of birth, address, height, weight, color of hair, color of eyes and general description of the person with whom the transaction was conducted;

(4) The name and address of the owner of the personal property purchased or sold;

(5) The address of the place from which such secondhand personal property was removed;

(6) A description of the personal property purchased or sold, which, in the case of jewelry, shall contain a description of all letters and marks inscribed thereon; provided, that when the personal property purchased is furniture, or the contents of any house or room actually inspected on the premises, a general record of the transaction shall be sufficient without specific itemization;

(7) The price paid or received.

No entry in said register shall be erased, obliterated or defaced, and said register, as well as the secondhand article purchased, shall, at all reasonable times, be open to the inspection of the chief of police or his agent. (Ord. 2164 § 1, 1984).

5.70.040 Daily report to chief of police.

It shall be the duty of every secondhand dealer, as defined in this chapter, to prepare and deliver to the chief of police of the city, daily before the hour of noon, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, in which event such report shall be submitted the following business day, a legible and correct copy of the register required to be kept in LMC 5.70.030. (Ord. 2164 § 1, 1984).

5.70.050 Doing business with certain persons prohibited.

It is unlawful for any secondhand dealer to receive or purchase in any manner any secondhand goods or articles, including precious metals, if the person or persons selling the same shall refuse to supply the information necessary to complete the register and exhibit proof of identity. (Ord. 2164 § 1, 1984).

5.70.060 Retention of property purchased.

No property purchased by a secondhand dealer shall be removed from his place of business, except when redeemed by the owner thereof, within four days after the receipt thereof shall have been reported to the chief of police as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 2164 § 1, 1984).