(a) Any secondhand dealer doing business in the city or any employee or agent of said dealer who purchases or trades for used secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise in the city for the purpose of resale to the public shall at the time of purchase record in a legible manner in duplicate on a sequentially numbered report form the following information:
(1) an accurate and complete description of the article purchased, including the type of property, brand name or manufacturer name, any serial numbers or initials inscribed in or attached to the property, and any other uniquely identifying marks or features of the property;
(2) the date and time of purchase;
(3) the amount of money paid or other consideration exchanged for the property purchased;
(4) the name, date of birth, sex, race, and place of residence of the person selling the article;
(5) the license number of the vehicle in which the article was delivered to the secondhand dealer and the state that issued the license;
(6) the number of the drivers license, military identification card, state-issued identification card, or federally-issued photo identification card belonging to the seller, provided that a social security card shall not satisfy this requirement;
(7) the signatures of the seller and the secondhand dealer.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the secondhand dealer or any employee or agent of said dealer to purchase or trade for any used or secondhand property unless the seller of said property provides one of the forms of identification required in subsection (a)(6) of this section and the secondhand dealer or his employee or agent has verified that the photograph on the required identification is that of the seller.
(c) Any secondhand dealer who trades for or purchases used or secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise from another licensed secondhand dealer shall be required to record on the report form only the name or city license number of the dealer in lieu of the information required in this section.
(d) One copy of the completed report form shall be submitted to the city police department within five working days from the time of the purchase or trade. The second copy of the completed form shall be retained by the secondhand dealer for a period of not less than 12 months. The reports required herein shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by the Chief of Police or any police officer of the city.
(e) It shall be unlawful for the secondhand dealer or any employee or agent of the dealer to knowingly record false information of a material fact on a report required by this section.
(f) Each article of property purchased by a secondhand dealer shall be kept intact and separate from property purchased from other sellers. Each article of property shall have attached on the article a tag upon which is legibly printed the corresponding number of the report form required by this section.
(g) Each article of property purchased by any secondhand dealer shall be open to inspection by the Chief of Police or any police officer of the city during customary business hours and at all other reasonable times.
(Ord. No. 2900, § 2, 2-24-00)