(A) A licensee shall keep a permanent record in which shall be written, in the English language, at the time of purchase, exchange or other receipt of any article, a complete and accurate description thereof. Such description shall include: an electronic photograph of the article; the article’s trade name and serial number, if any; the name, residence and a copy of the federal or state-issued identification/operator’s license of the person from whom the article was purchased or received; and the day and hour when such purchase or exchange was made and such other matters required by law. Each entry in such record shall be numbered consecutively. A member of the Police Department, Sheriff’s Department, State Police or other authorized person is entitled to inspect the premises and records of a licensee during all normal business hours.
(B) A tag shall be attached to each article purchased, exchanged or received by licensee in some visible and convenient place, with a number written thereupon to correspond with the entry number in the record required in division (A) above, until the article is sold or otherwise disposed of. The licensee shall promptly prepare from such record a legible and correct copy, on forms approved by the Chief of Police and written in the English language, containing a description of each article purchased or received during the preceding day, the hour and day when the purchase, exchange or receipt was made, and the description of the person from whom it was purchased, exchanged or received. Such statement shall be verified by the affidavit of the licensee.
(C) Any article purchased, exchanged or received under a license issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be retained by the purchaser thereof at least 15 days before disposing of the article (unless otherwise authorized in this subchapter), in an accessible place on the premises where such articles are purchased and received.
(Prior Code, § 40-88) (Ord. 1394, passed 2-10-2014; Ord. 1477, passed 6-17-2019)