Except as provided in § 115.36, every person licensed as a precious metals or stones 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 for each purchase of precious metals and stones:
(A) The date and time of each purchase.
(B) An accurate account and description of the precious metals or stones purchased including the weight and type of item purchased.
(C) The price paid for the item containing precious metals or stones.
(D) The dealers shall further require the seller be properly identified with one verifiable current government issued photographic identification. The dealer shall make a legible photographic copy of such identification and shall retain such photographic copy on the dealer's business premises for a period of one year from the date of purchase and shall be available to the Fort Wayne Police Department upon request.
(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 for the precious metals or stones dealer for a period of one year from the date of purchase.
(F) In addition to submitting the data required under divisions (A) through (D) to the Fort Wayne Police Department, pawn shop dealers shall photograph all precious metals or stones received as part of any transaction. Said photograph(s) shall be of clear resolution, shall be retained and preserved on the business premises of such pawn shop owner, secondhand dealer, or precious metal dealer for a period of one year from the date of purchase, the transaction, or, shall be included in the transaction information submitted to the Fort Wayne Police Department using the Records Management System used by the Fort Wayne Police Department to record said data. Any data stored on-site at a pawn shop, second hard dealer, or precious metal dealer shall be made available to the Fort Wayne Police Department upon request.
(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