Chapter 5.08
SECONDHAND DEALERS
Sections:
5.08.010 License required—Fee—Employees’ licenses.
5.08.020 Record of transactions must be kept.
5.08.030 Inspection of records and goods.
5.08.040 Licensee to furnish copy of daily transactions—Stolen property.
5.08.050 Property sold outside county.
5.08.060 Penalty for violations.
5.08.070 “Secondhand dealer” defined.
5.08.010 License required—Fee—Employees’ licenses.
No secondhand dealer shall do or transact any business in Chelan County, Washington, outside the limits of incorporated cities and towns unless said secondhand dealer shall have first obtained a license from the Board of Chelan County Commissioners as hereinafter set forth.
(a) License fee for each secondhand dealer, whether it be a person, firm, or corporation, per year $15.00 or for any part thereof;
(b) If and in the event any licensee, as per subsection (a) above, employs any person to do buying, selling and/or transact any business under this chapter, an additional license for each employee shall be first obtained before that employee transacts any business. Said license shall be issued in the joint names of the employer and the employee. Said license shall immediately become null and void when and in the event the relationship of employer and employee no longer exists. The original of said license shall be kept by the employer in his place of business or upon his person and duplicate copy of said license shall be kept upon the person of said employee. The fee for said license shall be $5.00 per year or any part thereof. (§ 1 of Res. 29-A, May 13, 1941 at Vol. 272 page 91).
5.08.020 Record of transactions must be kept.
It shall be the duty of every secondhand dealer and employee of the same transacting business in Chelan County, Washington, outside the boundaries of incorporated cities and towns therein, to maintain in his place of business or on his person a book or other permanent record in which shall be legibly written in the English language at the time of each purchase or sale a record thereof containing: (a) the date of the transaction; (b) the signature of the person or employee conducting the same; (c) the signature, age, street and house number and a general description of the dress, complexion, color of hair and facial appearance of the person with whom the transaction is had; (d) a description of the property bought or received and the name of the owner and description of the property from which said property is removed; (e) the price paid and/or the amount for which said property sold; (f) the name and street and house numbers of all persons witnessing the transaction; (g) the number of the ticket upon which the transaction is written. (§ 2 of Res. 29-A, May 13, 1941 at Vol. 272 page 91).
5.08.030 Inspection of records and goods.
Such record and all goods received shall at all times during ordinary hours of business be open to inspection of any police officer. (§ 3 of Res. 29-A, May 13, 1941 at Vol. 272 page 91).
5.08.040 Licensee to furnish copy of daily transactions—Stolen property.
Every secondhand dealer shall, at the end of each days business, furnish to the Chelan County Sheriff a duplicate copy of all transactions made by said secondhand dealer and/or employee in transacting any business under the provisions of this chapter. If any licensee hereunder has cause to believe that any property in his or their possession has been previously lost or stolen, or if any licensee buy and/or acquire any articles from any stranger or person not a resident of Chelan County, Washington, he or they shall forthwith report such fact to the Sheriff of Chelan County and the Chief of Police in the nearest incorporated city and/or town in Chelan County, together with the record of the transaction as required in Section 5.08.020. (§ 4 of Res. 29-A, May 13, 1941 at Vol. 272 page 91).
5.08.050 Property sold outside county.
Any secondhand dealer disposing of or selling property outside the boundaries of Chelan County shall note upon the registration slip above mentioned the address and the person to whom said articles were disposed or sold. This section applies only to property acquired by said secondhand dealer or employee within the boundaries of Chelan County, Washington, and outside incorporated cities or towns therein. (§ 5 of Res. 29-A, May 13, 1941 at Vol. 272 page 91).
5.08.060 Penalty for violations.
Every secondhand dealer violating any of the terms of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 or by imprisonment in the Chelan County Jail for not more than thirty (30) days. (§ 6 of Res. 29-A, May 13, 1941 at Vol. 272 page 91).
5.08.070 “Secondhand dealer” defined.
Every person engaged in whole or in part in the business of buying or selling secondhand personal property, metal, junk, or melted metals shall be deemed to be a secondhand dealer. (§ 7 of Res. 29-A, May 13, 1941 at Vol. 272 page 91).