Every secondhand dealer shall maintain a record of all transactions involving articles of secondhand property, which record shall be legibly typed or printed in ink in the English language and shall contain the following items;
(a) A description of each person selling or desiring to sell an article of secondhand property, including the person's fall name, address of residence, date of birth, height, weight and gender.
(b) The secondhand dealer shall require each person desiring to sell an article of secondhand property to produce one (1) form of state or federal government issued identification, including either a driver's license or state identification, provided that the form of identification includes a color photograph of the seller. The secondhand dealer shall make and record a photocopy or electronic scan of such identification.
(c) A description of each article of secondhand property including the brand name, the model number (if applicable) and a description of all identifying markings.
(d) If the article of secondhand property is precious metal or jewelry, the description must also include the type of jewelry, the precious metal or metals of the jewelry's composition, the type, cut and shape of each precious stone or gem, and a description of all inscriptions. The description must be accompanied by a color photograph of the article of jewelry.
(e) Every secondhand dealer shall keep the records required by this section for three (3) years after the date of each transaction.
(Ord. 1522. Passed 5-14-12.)