DEALER
A pawnbroker, precious metals dealer, antique dealer and/or secondhand dealer. For purposes of this chapter only, dealer shall not be defined to include a person or persons engaged in a "yard sale" as that term is defined in Chapter
142 of the Code of Ordinances of Falls Township.
GOVERNMENT IDENTIFICATION
A valid identification document issued by a state or federal
government, bearing a photograph that gives identifying data, such
as name, date of birth, gender, physical description, and current
address of the person bearing the card.
ITEM
Personal property, precious metal, antique and/or secondhand
or used good.
MINOR
Any person under the age of 18.
PAWNBROKER
An individual, partnership, association, corporation, or
other business entity, including an itinerant and/or transient merchant,
doing business in the Township of Falls that lends money in exchange
for personal property deposited by a pledger as security that can
be sold if the loan is not repaid within a specified period and/or
engages in purchase and resale of any merchandise from a pledger or
seller.
PLEDGE
An article or articles deposited with a pawnbroker as security
for a loan or currency in the course of his/her business as defined
in the definition of "pawnbroker."
PLEDGER
The person who obtains the loan from a pawnbroker and delivers
a pledge into the possession of a pawnbroker, unless such person discloses
that he/she is or was acting for another, in which case "pledger"
means the disclosed principal.
PRECIOUS METAL DEALER
An individual, partnership, association, corporation, or
other business entity, including an itinerant and/or transient merchant,
doing business in the Township of Falls that purchases or makes appraisals
of precious metals and their alloys for resale to refiners, brokers,
or the public.
PRECIOUS METAL
An item containing or being of ten-karat gold or greater
fineness, silver, platinum, including, but not limited to, jewelry
and silver services.
SECONDHAND DEALER OR ANTIQUE DEALER
An individual, partnership, association, corporation, or
other business entity, including an itinerant and/or transient merchant,
doing business in the Township of Falls that purchases or makes appraisals
of secondhand or used goods for resale or refining, or an individual
who acts as an agent for such individual, partnership, association,
corporation, or other business organization or entity.
SELLER
The person who obtains payment from a dealer in return for
the sale of any merchandise to the dealer.
WORKING DAYS
Weekdays Monday through Friday, but not including national
holidays.
The dealer shall obtain the following information from the pledger
and/or seller for the purposes of establishing identification of each
pledger and/or seller:
A. A photocopy of verified government-issued identification;
B. An accurate physical description of the pledger and/or seller, including
race, gender, eye and hair color and identifying marks, if any;
C. A clearly visible thumbprint of the pledger and/or seller on a form
approved by the Falls Township Police Department; and
D. A color photograph of the pledger and/or seller. The color photograph
shall be of the front of the pledger and/or seller's face, not his
or her profile. When possible, the individual's torso should also
be visible in the photograph.
A dealer may seize any item offered in a sale or pledge which
he/she has reason to believe is stolen property. The dealer shall
issue a seizure receipt to the person presenting such property in
pledge and shall immediately deliver such seized property, together
with a copy of the seizure receipt, to the Falls Township Police Department.
If property is identified as stolen either by the Police Department
or an individual claiming ownership of the subject property, the dealer
shall immediately notify the Police Department, and such property
shall be held until there is a final resolution as to the ownership
of the subject property.
All business transactions between dealers and minors are prohibited.
The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of
its provisions shall be held unconstitutional or invalid for any reason,
the decision of the court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining
provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared to be the intent
of the Falls Township Board of Supervisors that this chapter would
have been adopted had such unconstitutional or invalid provisions
not been included herein.