8-5-7 Prohibited Acts.
A. No pawnbroker, secondhand dealer or any employee or agent thereof shall:
1. Receive any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles that are required to be reported by this article whether on deposit, in pawn or pledge, or by purchase or otherwise from any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, or from any intoxicated person.
2. Purchase or otherwise take any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles that are required to be reported by this article without first taking reasonable steps, including requiring the pledgor or seller to produce an identification document as determined acceptable by the Town’s Police Department, to ascertain that such goods, wares, merchandise or other articles are the property of the person offering to deposit, pawn, pledge or sell the same.
3. Purchase or otherwise take any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles, knowing or having reason to know that such goods, wares, merchandise or other articles are stolen.
4. Sell, trade, transfer or dispose of any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles that are required to be reported under this article, except for scrap metal, compact discs, digital video discs, expanded memory cards and game cards until twenty (20) days after filing the report required by Section 8-5-2. For the purposes of this section, the twenty (20) day retention period begins upon receipt of the transmission of the transaction, as approved by the Chief of Police, or his/her designee.
5. Sell, trade, transfer or dispose of any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles subject to a Police Department hold described by Section 8-5-6, except pursuant to a court order, order of a hearing officer issued pursuant to this article, or upon receipt of a written authorization signed by a police officer.
6. Purchase, receive, sell or transfer any item from which a manufacturer’s serial number or model designator has been removed, altered or tampered with. These items shall be reported to the Town’s Police Department.
7. Refuse to permit the Chief of Police, or his/her designee, to enter such business during normal business hours for the purpose of inspecting such goods or records.
B. No secondhand dealer shall sell, trade, transfer, purchase, receive, or otherwise take or dispose of any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles that are required to be reported under this article without first obtaining the appropriate business and secondhand/pawn licenses from the Town Clerk’s office. In addition, all secondhand dealers, pawnbrokers and scrap metal dealers shall attend and pay for any training required by the Town’s Police Department. Each attendee shall be given a copy of this article after completing the training and acknowledging receipt of the code.
C. In any transaction with a secondhand dealer, no pledgor or seller shall provide false information concerning the pledgor’s or seller’s name, address, phone number or rightful ownership. ((O)11-03, 02/02/2011)