Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 6 Secondhand Dealers and Salvage Collectors

A.

"Salvage collector" means a person, not an itinerant oil-tool exchange, and not having a fixed place of business in the unincorporated territory of the county, who goes from house to house, or from place to place, gathering, collecting, buying, selling or otherwise dealing in any old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, papers, metal (including gold and mercury), or other articles commonly known as salvage.

B.

"Salvage dealer" means a person, not an auto wrecker and not an oil-tool exchange, having a fixed place of business in the county and engaged in conducting, managing, carrying on or maintaining any place where old rags, sacks, bottles, papers,

metals or other articles commonly known as salvage, except gold or silver or platinum or mercury, are gathered together, stored or kept for shipment, sale or transfer.

C.

"Secondhand dealer" is a person, other than a used-car dealer or dealer in secondhand books or magazines, engaged in conducting, managing or carrying on the business of buying, selling or otherwise dealing in secondhand goods, wares or merchandise, including gold, silver, platinum and mercury, but does not include a person who does not sell, or offer to sell, secondhand goods, wares or merchandise except such as is received by such person as payment or part payment for a new article sold by him.

(Ord. 8073 § 21 (part), 1961: Ord. 7778 § 6 (part), 1960: Ord. 7462 § 19 (part), 1959: Ord. 6087 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 7 §§ 1351, 1353 and 1355, 1951.)

Except as hereinafter in this Part 6 otherwise provided, every salvage collector, for each wagon, vehicle, motor vehicle or car used by him in his business, shall first pay an annual license fee in the amount set forth in Section 7.14.010 of this title, under the appropriate heading.

(Ord. 11209 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 8608 § 1 (part), 1964: Ord. 8073 § 21 (part), 1961: Ord. 7159 § 12 (part), 1957: Ord. 6856 § 7 (part), 1954: Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 7 § 1356, 1951.)

Every salvage dealer shall first procure a license and pay an annual license fee in the amount set forth in Section 7.14.010 of this title, under the appropriate heading.

(Ord. 11209 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 9630 § 8 (part), 1968: Ord. 8608 § 1 (part), 1964: Ord. 8073 § 21 (part), 1961: Ord. 7159 § 12 (part), 1957: Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 7 § 1354, 1951.)

Except as in this title otherwise provided, every secondhand dealer shall first procure a license and shall pay an annual license fee in the amount set forth in Section 7.14.010, under the appropriate heading.

(Ord. 11209 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 8608 § 1 (part), 1964: Ord. 7159 § 12 (part), 1957: Ord. 6087 § 2 (part), 1952: Ord. 5958 § 16, 1952: Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 7 § 1352, 1951.)

Any institution or organization which is conducted, managed or carried on exclusively for the benefit of charitable purposes, from which no profit is derived either directly or indirectly by any person other than bona fide employees thereof, which files with the tax collector, in addition to all matters and information otherwise provided for in this chapter, a certified copy of its articles of incorporation, if any, and a statement in writing, duly sworn to by one of its officers, setting forth the purposes of such institution or organization, which sworn statement includes a detailed statement as to its manner of doing business and dispensing charity, and such other information as the tax collector requires, may obtain a license in the amount set forth in Section 7.14.010 of this title under the appropriate heading.

(Ord. 11209 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 8608 § 1 (part), 1964: Ord. 8073 § 21 (part), 1961: Ord. 7778 § 6 (part), 1960: Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art.7 § 1357, 1951.)

Such charitable institution or organization shall furnish to each driver of every vehicle used to collect salvage for such institution, and to every individual employed to assist such driver, an identification card containing the name of the charitable

institution or organization, the name and complete description of the driver or individual employed to assist a driver, including age, sex, race, height, weight, complexion, and color of eyes and hair.

(Ord. 8073 § 21 (part), 1961: Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 7 § 1358, 1951.)

A person engaged in conducting, managing or carrying on the business of secondhand dealer, salvage dealer or salvage collector shall not, and an agent or employee of and such person shall not, accept any pledge or loan any money upon personal property or purchase or receive any goods, wares or merchandise, or any article or thing, or in any manner whatsoever engage in or conduct any such business between the hour of 7:00 in the afternoon of any day and the hour of 7:00 of the forenoon of the following day.

(Ord. 8073 § 21 (part), 1961: Ord. 5860 Ch. 7 Art. 7 § 1359.)