Except as provided in § 115.12, every person licensed as a valuable metal dealer shall keep and preserve data on or through an electronic or computer data system information which shall be transmitted on a daily basis for the preceding 24-hour period of operation, via electronic forms of transmission, to the Fort Wayne Police Department using the Records Management System being used by the Fort Wayne Police Department to record the following information:
(A) The date and time of each purchase.
(B) An accurate account and description of the valuable metal purchased, including the weight and whether it consists of bar, cable, rod, tubing, wire, wire scrap, clamp, connector or other appurtenances or some combination thereof; or the type of building material purchased.
(C) The price paid for the valuable metal.
(D) The dealer shall further require the seller be properly identified with one verifiable piece of current identification that shows name, address, sex, race and date of birth, which shall be government issued photographic identification.
(E) All information required by the Fort Wayne Police Department to be preserved on electronic or computer data system shall be open at all times during the business hours to the inspection of the Chief of Police or his/her agent to examine such records. Such electronic information shall be retained on the business premises of the valuable metal dealer for a period of one year from date of purchase.
(Ord. G-3-15, passed 4-14-15; Am. Ord. G-1-19, passed 1-8-19; Am. Ord. G-13-24, passed 5-14-24) Penalty, see § 115.99