[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Stoughton 5-4-1992, Art. 48, approved 9-18-1992 (Ch. 141 of the 1983 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fees — See Ch. 96.
Junk dealers — See Ch. 122.
Licenses and permits — See Ch. 124.
No person shall engage in the business for the sale, purchase or barter of secondhand gold, silver, platinum, jewelry or gems without first having obtained a license from the Board of Selectmen.
[Amended 5-6-2019 ATM, Art. 38]
The fee for such license shall be set from time to time in accordance with § 96-1 of the Bylaws, shall be renewed annually and shall be displayed in plain view on the premises.
All sales, purchases or barters by persons pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be recorded in a bound book, which shall be clearly written at the time of such transaction, recording the following information:
A. 
Name.
B. 
Address.
C. 
Date of birth.
D. 
Driver's license number, if applicable.
E. 
Time and date of such sale.
F. 
Purchase or barter and a complete and accurate description of the items.
G. 
Age of person.
H. 
Type of photo identification shown to license holder or his designee.
No transaction shall be conducted by said license holder with a person less than 18 years of age. There shall be a fifteen-day holding period of such goods at the place stated on said license, and all goods shall remain in the same condition as at the time of purchase by the license holder. All goods shall be made available for inspection of the Chief of Police or his designee during normal business hours.
A report of all transactions of sale, purchase or barter shall be filed on forms provided by the licensing authority and shall be forwarded to the Police Department on a weekly basis.
Violation of any terms of this license shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 and shall be enforced by any regular Stoughton police officer by noncriminal complaint pursuant to the provisions of MGL c. 40, § 21D. Each day on which a violation exists shall be deemed to be a separate offense. The penalty for violation of any provision of this chapter for purposes of noncriminal disposition shall be $50.