(a) A person must not sell, melt, change or alter (except for customary testing), take apart, destroy, obliterate identification marks, or dispose of any secondhand personal property purchased or received by a dealer until 21 days after the record of the transaction is submitted to the Police.
(b) All secondhand personal property purchased or received by a dealer must be stored at the dealer’s business location until 21 days after the record of the transaction is submitted to the Police, or for such additional time per any specific item as the Police require. All stored items must be identified by a tag attached to the property numbered to correspond with the number of the transaction record. Items purchased in bulk may be tagged in bulk. The storage requirements in this subsection do not apply to a consignee who:
(1) operates from a fixed place of business;
(2) complies with the tagging requirements of this subsection; and
(3) withholds payment for consignments for at least 30 days after each item is received.
(c) Items may be stored at other locations in the County approved by the Police. The dealer must produce these items at the business location within 1 hour after a request to do so by the Police. A dealer who cannot comply with a request to produce an item made after regular business hours must produce the item within 1 hour after the opening of business on the next business day.
(d) The requirements of subsections (a), (b), and (c) do not apply to secondhand personal property which has been inspected and cleared for earlier disposition by the Police under regulations adopted under method (3). (1981 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 28, § 1; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 45A; 2009 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 1.)