(a) Every dealer shall keep at his place of business for at least 12 months, an electronic file in which shall be recorded at the time of the purchase, an accurate account of each such transaction. The record shall set forth a complete, accurate description of the goods, articles or things purchased, date and time of acquisition; it shall include the serial number, color, weight of the metal purchased, as well as a clear identifiable photograph(s) of the item. The records shall also include the name of the seller, the home address of the seller, the driver's license number of the seller, together with a description of the person selling the same including the hair color, sex, race, height, weight, date of birth, and a copy of the seller's valid government issued identification which must contain a photograph and home address of the seller. Such record shall, during regular business hours, be open to the inspection of the Sheriff or any duly authorized law-enforcement officer. It shall be a violation of this ordinance for any person to fail to exhibit to the Sheriff or any duly authorized law-enforcement officer such record.
(b) A signature of ownership or lawful possession of the item being sold.
(c) Scrap dealers shall be required to record the vehicular information of the seller. Information to be recorded in a log shall be the make, model, color, year and permanent plate information of the vehicle. This information will be maintained in accordance and with all other required information within this article.
(d) The Sheriff shall have the authority to require that additional information be recorded and/or reported as determined to meet the needs of the Sheriff’s Office in regulating scrap dealers.
(Ord. 15-09. Passed 12-9-15.)