(A) Every person who is a secondhand dealer or who operates or conducts a secondhand store shall keep a record of all goods, articles, or things of value purchased, giving a full description of the same, where purchased, with the name of the maker, marks, number, or brand of any article so purchased; the amount of money paid therefor, the hour and date of the sale, the name, residence, and street number of the person selling the goods or article together with a record of the age, color, height, weight, complexion, and style of dress of the person so selling the article at the time of the sale. The record shall be made as soon as possible after the sale is completed and shall be written legibly and in the English language. No record shall be obliterated, erased, or defaced.
(B) The records, as well as every article or thing of value purchased at secondhand stores, shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of any member of the police force when duly authorized.
(Prior Code, § 120.084)