CHAPTER 4-3: AUCTIONS, JUNK DEALERS, PAWNSHOPS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS
SECTIONS:
4-3-1 DEFINITIONS:
AUCTION HOUSE: Any establishment in which is carried on the business of auctioning articles for sale by public outcry and where such items offered for auction are sold immediately to the highest bidder.
JUNK DEALER: Any person who collects or buys junk, including such items as rags, bottles, scrap metal, paper, and such other material as is usually collected for salvage purposes and where such person holds it for storage or offers it for sale.
PAWNSHOP: Any establishment in which is carried on the business of pawn brokerage, or the business of loaning money for himself or for another person, receiving as security for payment thereof pawns or pledges of property and reselling or agreeing to resell, trade, or exchange such articles to vendors, their personal representatives, or their assignees at a price agreed upon at or before the time of such purchase, whether such business be the principal or sole business so carried on or be merely incidental to, in connection with, or a branch or a department of some other business or businesses.
SECONDHAND DEALER: A. The term "Secondhand Dealer" shall mean any person gaged in conducting, managing, or carrying on the business of buying, selling, trading, or exchanging, or otherwise dealing in secondhand goods, wares, merchandise, or articles, whether such business be the principal or sole business so carried on, managed, or conducted or be merely incidental to, in connection with, or a branch or department of some other business or businesses. This term shall not be construed to include trade-ins, dealers, or auctioneers in articles or property, the transfer of title to which is required by the laws of the State of Arizona, to be evidenced by written instrument and recorded in the office of the Department of the State or County Government.
B. The term "Trade-In" shall mean the acceptance, sale or disposal of used automobile tires or automobile batteries or farm implement parts or farm machinery parts or road equipment parts or mining equipment parts or automobile parts taken in part payment for new or reconditioned automobile tires or automobile batteries or farm implement parts or farm machinery parts or road equipment parts or mining equipment parts or automobile parts, and dealers exchanging articles in the course of service or construction work shall not be deemed to constitute the doing of any business defined under this term. (Ord. 468, 10-10-55)
4-3-2 REGULATIONS:
(A) All business subject to this Chapter shall be required to make and send to the Chief of Police on Friday of each week a full, true and complete report of all goods, wares, merchandise or articles received on deposit in pawn, pledge, trade or exchange, or by purchase, as listed below:
1. All firearms.
2. All photographic equipment.
3. All appliances, including radio, washers, television sets, sewing machines, toasters, and all other identifiable appliances.
4. All power tools.
5. All watches and jewelry.
6. All hand tools by group or set and description.
7. All auto accessories and tires.
(B) Such weekly reports shall show the hour of the day and date when such articles were received, the signature of the seller and his name and address as nearly as the same are known or can be ascertained by the auction house, junk dealer, pawnshop or secondhand dealer, together with a description of the seller, which description shall reveal the address, sex, approximate height, age, complexion, color of hair, and any distinguishing marks of such person. Said report filed by the auction house, junk dealer, pawnshop or secondhand dealer shall show the number of the pawn ticket, if any is given, the amount loaned for the article or articles or the amount paid therefor, the quantity or number purchased and a brief description thereof.
(C) A record shall be kept by each auction house, junk dealer, pawnshop or secondhand dealer of the description of any of the above listed articles which he may have sold or exchanged.
(D) The Chief of Police or his agents, or any proper City official, shall have the right to inspect the premises of any business covered by this Chapter in order to investigate for and locate articles reported as lost, missing or stolen, and also the reports of said business to determine whether the provisions of this Chapter are fully complied with by the owner or operator thereof. (Ord. 474, 1-9-56)
4-3-3 VIOLATIONS:
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section 1-3-1 of the Prescott City Code. (Ord. 2102, 8-8-89)