(A) It shall be the duty of all persons dealing in the purchase or exchange of secondhand or antique jewelry, coins, watches, diamonds, or other precious stones, cutlery, gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals, or any other secondhand manufactured articles, composed wholly or in part of gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals to keep a daily register of every article purchased or exchanged by them in the course of his, her, or their business and the persons from whom such articles were acquired. Said register shall contain as minute a description of each article as is possible, including any identification numbers and the manufacturer’s name, as well as the name, age, sex, race, address, driver’s license number, Social Security number, a general description of the individual or individuals selling or exchanging the articles, and his, her, or their signatures.
(B) All persons engaged in business, as described in division (A) above, shall furnish to the City Chief of Police upon request at the police office by 11:00 a.m., a copy of the register for all transactions that took place during the preceding day.
(C) All persons engaged in business, as described in division (A) above, shall retain every article received by them in the same state or condition in which it was received, and all articles received during any one day’s transaction shall be kept separately and shall not be commingled with articles received during any other day’s transactions. Furthermore, all articles shall be made available for examination within the city to members of the City Police Department, and the Sheriff’s Department, State Police, County Police, or other law enforcement official, state or federal, for a period of five consecutive days after their receipt, before such articles are resold or exchanged, unless written permission is obtained from the City Chief of Police.
(D) No person engaged in business, as described in division (A), above shall purchase or exchange secondhand or antique jewelry, coins, watches, diamonds, or other precious stones, cutlery, or gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals, or other secondhand manufactured articles composed wholly or in part of gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals unless the person first obtains a photograph of the seller or exchanger of the above enumerated items. The photograph is to be identified in such a way that the person or persons shown in the photograph can be identified with every entry of the register identified in division (A) above. The photograph and register shall be maintained for a period of one year after the date on which the transaction occurred.
(E) No person engaged in business, as described in division (A) above, shall purchase or exchange secondhand or antique jewelry, coins, watches, diamonds, or other precious stones, cutlery, or gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals, or any other secondhand manufactured articles composed wholly or in part of gold, silver, platinum ,or other precious metals from any person less than 18 years of age.
(F) Nothing contained herein shall require a compliance of divisions (A) through (E) above by a person engaging in business within the city who possesses a current business license from the city and is accepting returns for cash, credit, or replacement of any item originally purchased from said person.
(G) The violation of any of the duties, requirements, or prohibitions contained in divisions (A) through (E) above shall be punishable as a Class A misdemeanor as defined by Kentucky Revised Statutes.
(H) The city declares that an emergency exists due to the increase in thefts of certain jewelry, coins, precious stones, and metals occurring in the city area and, further, that the current provisions of the laws are inadequate to provide law enforcement officials with sufficient information and authority to control the flow of stolen articles through certain businesses referred to herein above.
(2010 Code, § 113.06) Penalty, see § 111.99