A. It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of wrecking, buying, selling, exchanging or dealing in used or secondhand motor vehicles, tires, radiators, magnetos, speedometers, equipment, storage batteries, parts of such vehicles, or accessories of all kinds and descriptions, to fail to keep a record of the purchase, sale, wrecking, exchange or storage of such articles, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the chief of police or any officer detailed by the chief of police; or to fail, within twenty four (24) hours after the purchase, sale, exchange or acceptance for storage or wrecking of such articles, to make out and deliver to the chief of police a full and complete record of the purchase, sale, exchange or acceptance for storage or wrecking of such used or secondhand motor vehicles, equipment or accessories, and deliver to the chief of police or any officer detailed by the chief of police, when any motor vehicle or motorcycle is wrecked, junked or demolished, the certificates of ownership and/or registration and the license plates last issued upon registration of such vehicle or motorcycle by the licensing state.
B. The report shall contain the name and address of the person from whom purchased or taken in exchange for storage, or to whom sold, the make, state, license number, motor number, body number, generator number, carburetor number, magneto number, storage battery number, or any other mark of identification; make, size and serial number of each tire, including extra tires; style and seating capacity of all secondhand motor vehicles purchased, sold, exchanged or placed in storage; make, size and number of secondhand motor vehicle tires; make and numbers of secondhand radiators, magnetos and speedometers, equipment, storage batteries, parts of vehicles and all other accessories having a serial number, and such other information concerning said articles as may be necessary to prove ownership and identity of said used or secondhand motor vehicles, equipment or accessories. Said report shall be written in the English language in a clear and legible manner, on blanks furnished by the chief of police. (Prior code title 46, art. 15 § 256)