A. No secondhand dealer shall sell, dispose of, or remove from the place of business any article of secondhand property for thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of such article of secondhand property or take apart or melt any article of secondhand property or remodel or rebuild the same until such person shall make a record of his intention to do so. Such record shall contain a description of such article of secondhand property and all other data required under this chapter to be recorded in the secondhand dealer's record of purchases, sales and exchanges.
B. All articles of secondhand property received by any secondhand dealer shall be kept intact at such person's place of business for inspection by authorized city officials for at least thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of such article of secondhand property. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary of this section, a secondhand dealer may resell any used digital audio disk or any used digital video disk five (5) days after acquiring it.
C. No secondhand dealer shall remove, alter or obliterate any manufacturer's make, model or serial number, personal identification number, or identifying marks engraved or etched upon an article of secondhand property that was purchased by the licensee until after a thirty (30) day holding period. In addition, no secondhand dealer shall purchase an article of secondhand property where the manufacturer's make, model or serial number, personal identification number or identifying marks engraved or etched upon the article of secondhand property has been removed, altered or obliterated.
D. No secondhand dealer shall purchase any article of secondhand property from any minor without the written consent of a parent or legal guardian.
E. No secondhand dealer shall purchase any article of secondhand property from any person who appears to be intoxicated or under the influence of any drug.
F. No secondhand dealer shall purchase any article of secondhand property from any person known to be a thief or to have been convicted of theft or burglary, and when any person is found to be the owner of stolen property which has been bought, such property shall be returned to the owner thereof without the payment of the amount paid by the secondhand dealer of the stolen property.
G. No secondhand dealer shall take or receive in pawn or pledge, for money loaned, or shall buy or otherwise transfer or receive any firearm, ammunition, stun gun or taser from any person.
H. A secondhand dealer shall take or receive in pawn or pledge or shall buy no jewelry without first documenting the type of jewelry, the metal or metals of its composition, the weight, the type, cut and shape of each stone, and a description of all inscriptions. Each ring must be identified by ring size. All jewelry must be photographed in color.
I. A secondhand dealer shall take or receive in pawn or pledge or shall buy no cell phones or wireless communications devices without the mobile equipment identifier (MEID), international mobile station equipment identity (IMEI) or electronic serial number (ESN) of the wireless communication device. (Ord. 16-O-41, 8-16-2016)