a. It shall be the duty of all persons dealing in the purchase, sale or exchange of secondhand or antique jewelry, coins, watches, diamonds or other precious stones, cutlery, old gold, silver, platinum or other precious metals, or any other secondhand manufactured articles composed wholly or in part of gold, silver, platinum or other precious metals, to keep a daily register on a form provided by the Bowling Green Police Department of every article received by them in the course of their business and the persons from whom such articles were acquired. The register shall contain as detailed of a description of each article as is possible, including any identification numbers and the manufacturer’s name, as well as the name, age, sex, race, address, driver’s license number, general description of the individuals selling or exchanging the articles, and their signatures.
b. All persons engaged in business as described hereinabove shall furnish to the Police Chief and Warren County Sheriff each day at their offices by 11:00 a.m. a copy of the register for all transactions which took place during the preceding day.
c. All persons engaged in business as described hereinabove shall retain each and every article received by them in the same state or condition in which it was received, and all articles received during any one day’s transactions shall be kept separately and shall not be commingled with articles received during any other day’s transactions. Furthermore, all articles shall be made available for examination to members of the Police Department, Sheriff’s Department, State Police or other law enforcement officials for a period of three (3) consecutive days after their receipt before such articles are resold or exchanged unless written permission is obtained from the Police Chief and Warren County Sheriff.
d. No person engaged in business as described hereinabove shall purchase or exchange secondhand or antique jewelry, coins, watches, diamonds or other precious stones, cutlery or old gold, silver, platinum or other precious metals, or any other secondhand manufactured articles composed wholly or in part of gold, silver, platinum or other precious metals from any person less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(Ord. BG2016-42, 12/20/2016; Ord. BG2018-3, 1/16/2018)