This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Secondhand
Dealers Law of the Incorporated Village of Mineola."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ANTIQUE
Any article or merchandise which is more than 50 years old.
DEALER IN SECONDHAND MERCHANDISE
Any person who, in any way as principal, broker or agent:
A.
Deals in the commercial purchase or sale of secondhand merchandise
for any purpose;
B.
Accepts or receives secondhand merchandise as returns of merchandise
or in exchange for or for credits on any other articles of merchandise;
or
C.
Deals in the commercial purchase or sale of pawnbroker tickets
or other evidence of pledged articles.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, unincorporated association, corporation
or other entity.
POLICE
The Nassau County Police Department.
SECONDHAND MERCHANDISE
Any item which shall have been previously used or purchased
by a consumer, including old gold or other precious metals, coins,
stamps or currency, firearms, cameras, business machines, musical
instruments, outboard motors or electronic equipment, but shall not
include:
A.
Automobiles, pianos, books, magazines, rugs, tapestries, artists'
burlaps, paintings, sculptures, drawings, etchings and engravings;
B.
The first purchase or sale in the United States of any imported
used item;
C.
The acceptance or receipt of merchandise in a new or used condition
as a return, exchange or for credit or refund, if such merchandise
was originally purchased as new merchandise from the person accepting
or receiving the same, or any resale of such merchandise as new merchandise
or the first subsequent nonretail sale or exchange of such merchandise
as used merchandise;
D.
The first sale, at retail, of merchandise which has been rebuilt
by the manufacturer or vendor originally manufacturing it, or the
licensed agents thereof, and sold as factory-rebuilt merchandise;
E.
Articles sold or acquired by a thrift shop, as defined to be
so classified under the United States Internal Revenue Code, and entitled
to an exemption as an eleemosynary corporation or institution; or
F.
Antiques having a value of less than $250 and void of any serial
numbers, monograms, initials or distinct markings.