San Dimas Municipal Code Ch. 5.80 Pawnbrokers, Secondhand and Junk Dealers, Auctioneers

Every pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, auctioneer, junk dealer and swap meet shall keep a record, upon forms and in the manner prescribed by the police department, of all purchases and sales for the purpose of recording and furnishing the police department with the required information relative to purchases, pledges or consignments. These records or forms shall be delivered to the police department in the manner and at the time required by the police department. Such forms shall contain a full, true and complete record of all goods, wares and merchandise or other things received on deposit, pledge or purchase during that day.

(Prior code § 14-1)

A. Secondhand dealers, auctioneers, junk dealers, pawnbrokers and owners and operators of swap meets shall not melt, destroy, sell or otherwise dispose of any article, goods, wares, merchandise or thing obtained or used in such business where a report of the acquisition of the same has been required, until fourteen days after making a report to the police department as required in this chapter, and until such time has so elapsed, such business licensee shall not clean, alter, repair, paint or otherwise change the appearance of such articles.

B. The police department may release any property held during such period if satisfied that such property is in the lawful possession of such business licensee. In addition, the police department may place a hold-order upon any such property so held during such period by such business licensee where the police department has reasonably determined that such property may be stolen, which hold-order shall not exceed a period of ninety days. Upon release of such hold-order, the business licensee shall keep a true record of such property and include therewith the true name and address of the person to whom such property was sold or any other method of disposition. No person shall sell, destroy or otherwise dispose of any property while subject to such a hold-order.

The provisions of this section in respect to the destruction, sale or disposal of property shall not apply to the following:

1. Property purchased from a business licensee holding a similar city license if in the sale of such property such business license had complied with all of the provisions of this code or any ordinance of the city, except in the case of purchases made by junk dealers from junk collectors;

2. Property purchased on a bill of sale or invoice from a regularly established place of business which has been dealing in that type of article for not less than two years;

3. Purchases or sale by junk dealers or junk collectors of rags, bottles other than milk or cream bottles, secondhand sacks other than cement sacks, barrels, cans, shoes, lamps, stoves or household furniture (with the exception of sewing machines and musical instruments); or the purchase or sale by secondhand dealers of household furniture, with the exception of sewing machines, all musical instruments and typewriters.

(Prior code § 14-2)

No pawnbroker or agent of a pawnbroker shall accept any pledge or loan any money on personal property, or purchase or receive any goods, wares or merchandise or any article or thing whatsoever, or in any manner whatsoever engage in or conduct business of a pawnbroker between seven p.m. on any day and seven a.m. of the following day.

(Prior code § 14-3)