(A) Every dealer in secondhand merchandise, at the time of buying or receiving any article in such business, shall write a description of the article on the front side of a blank form card, three inches by five inches in size, which card shall be provided by the dealer. The description to be given of the article shall be such description as may be called for by such blank form. The secondhand dealer shall fill in such other blank spaces as may appear on the front side of such blank form card, with certain information as required in this section. A separate card shall be provided and used for each such article bought or received.
(B) On the back side of each blank card there shall be written by the person transferring any article to a secondhand dealer, in his or her own handwriting, his or her name and address and such person shall also reproduce thereon his or her right thumb print at the place indicated therefore on the back of such card. In the event the right thumb is amputated, then such other fingerprint as required by the secondhand dealer shall be taken and such fingerprint fully described and designated upon the card. The thumb print shall be reproduced and taken in the usual approved manner and shall not be blurred or obliterated. The secondhand dealer shall then fill in a description of the party so transferring any such article in accordance with the information requested on the back side of such blank card.
(`83 Code, § 5-806)
Statutory reference:
Records to be kept of purchase of used automobile parts and accessories, see Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-14-105