A licensee shall place the license at all times in a conspicuous
location at the licensee's place of activity or business for
which the license was issued.
A.
Every dealer in secondhand merchandise shall keep a bound book of
consecutively numbered transactions, in a form prescribed by the appropriate
police agency, in which shall be legibly written, in English, at the
time of every purchase or sale to or from a person other than another
licensed dealer in secondhand merchandise, the following:
(1)
A description of every article of secondhand merchandise purchased
or sold.
(2)
The serial number or numbers and any monograms, inscriptions or other
marks of identification that may appear on such article.
(3)
A description of the articles or pieces comprising old gold, silver,
platinum, other metals or coins, stamps or currency, and any monogram,
inscription or marks of identification thereon.
(4)
The name, residence address and signature of the person from whom
such purchase was made or to whom the merchandise was sold, the day
and hour of the purchase or sale and the nature of the identifying
document exhibited.
B.
Every dealer in secondhand merchandise who receives secondhand merchandise
on consignment shall keep a record, in the above-prescribed book,
describing the merchandise and the name and description of the person
or dealer who consigned such merchandise.
C.
Transactions between dealers in secondhand merchandise shall also
be recorded in the above-prescribed book in the same manner as heretofore
described.
D.
The books shall be kept on the business premises of the licensee
or at the place designated on the license at all times during normal
business hours. Such books shall be open to inspection by:
(1)
Any police officer of the appropriate police agency;
(2)
The chief administrative officer of the appropriate police agency
or a person duly authorized in writing by such appropriate police
agency to inspect such books; or
(3)
Any enforcement officer duly appointed by the Mayor subject to approval
of the Board of Trustees.
E.
Every dealer in secondhand merchandise who purchases antiques in
bulk shall keep a record of such purchases in the bound book, and
all identifiable antiques which are part of the bulk purchase shall
be entered individually in the ledger book and reported individually
to the appropriate police agency within 72 hours after such bulk purchase.
F.
Every licensed dealer of secondhand merchandise shall permit representatives
of the appropriate police agency or enforcement officer to inspect
all rooms and merchandise on the premises designated on the license
of the dealer during regular business hours when such inspection is
requested by a representative of the appropriate police agency or
enforcement officer.
Every dealer in secondhand merchandise shall furnish to the
Nassau County Police Department, at such times, in such manner and
at such intervals as may be required by said Department, all information
requested by the Police Department relative to all records required
to be kept under this chapter. Such information shall be supplied
on forms to be designated and supplied by the Nassau County Police
Department.
A.
Dealer to give information to Police Department.
(1)
If any secondhand merchandise shall be advertised in any newspaper
of general circulation within the County of Nassau as having been
lost or stolen, and any merchandise answering such advertised description
or any part thereof shall be in or come into the possession of any
dealer in secondhand merchandise, such dealer shall immediately give
information relating thereto to the Nassau County Police Department,
once he or she receives actual written or oral notice of the similarity
of description.
(2)
Once such notification is given by the dealer to the Nassau County
Police Department, no disposition of such secondhand merchandise may
be made by the dealer until authorization to do so is given to the
dealer by the Nassau County Police Department in writing.
(3)
A dealer in secondhand merchandise, when notified by the Nassau County
Police Department that property in the dealer's possession is
stolen or alleged to be stolen, shall take immediate steps to secure
that property, and it shall be marked "police stop." Thereafter, such
property shall not be sold or removed from the premises until notification
is made in writing to the dealer by the Nassau County Police Department
allowing such removal or sale.
A.
It shall be the duty of every dealer in secondhand merchandise to
verify the identity of every person from whom he or she purchases
secondhand merchandise and to make and keep a written record of the
nature of the evidence submitted by such person to prove his or her
identity.
B.
Only the following shall be deemed acceptable evidence of identity:
(1)
Any official document, except a social security account number card,
issued by the United States government, any state, county, municipality
or subdivision thereof, any public agency or department thereof or
any public or private employer which requires and bears the signature
of the person to whom it is issued; or
C.
It shall be the duty of every dealer in secondhand merchandise to
require that every person from whom secondhand merchandise is purchased
sign his or her name in the presence of the dealer, and the dealer
shall compare the signature with the signature on the identifying
document, if any, and retain on his or her premises the seller's
signature, together with the number and description of the identifying
document.
Every dealer in secondhand merchandise who also sells new merchandise
within the licensed premises shall label all secondhand merchandise
in such manner that the public will be informed of the nature of such
merchandise.
