(a) A dealer must permit the Police to:
(1) examine the records required by this Chapter;
(2) examine any personal property purchased, received, or stored at the business location; and
(3) require retention for an additional 30 days after the storage retention period under Section 44A-4, of any property which the police know or believe to be missing or stolen.
(b) A dealer must release to the Police an item of secondhand personal property, other than a security or printed evidence of indebtedness, located at the dealer’s place of business if:
(1) the Police have reasonable cause to believe that the item was stolen;
(2) the owner of the item or victim of the theft has positively identified the item;
(3) the owner of the item or the owner’s agent or designee has provided an affidavit of ownership;
(4) the stolen property report describes the item by:
(i) a date;
(ii) initials it bears;
(iii) an insurance record;
(iv) a photograph;
(v) a sales receipt;
(vi) a serial number;
(vii) specific damage;
(viii) the facts that show that the item is one of a kind; or
(ix) a unique engraving; or
(5) the property is involved in an on-going criminal or administrative proceeding where violations of this Chapter have occurred.
(c) The Police must give the dealer a receipt for each item of secondhand personal property released to the Police pursuant to subsection (b). The receipt must:
(1) describe the item; and
(2) notify the dealer of the right to request a statement of charges against the individual who sold or gave the item to the dealer for theft under State law. (1981 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 28, § 1; 2009 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 1.)