Township of Haddon, NJ Secondhand Watches

§ 174-26 Secondhand watches to be clearly marked.

Any person or business entity engaged in the business of buying or selling watches, or any agent or servant thereof, who may sell or exchange, or offer for sale or exchange, expose for sale or exchange, possess with the intent to sell or exchange, or display with the intent to sell or exchange any secondhand watch, shall affix and keep affixed to the same a tag with the word "secondhand" clearly and legibly written or printed thereon, and the said tag shall be so placed that the word "secondhand" shall be in plain sight at all times.

§ 174-27 Special invoice for secondhand watches.

Any person or business entity engaged in the business of buying or selling watches, or any agent or servant thereof, who may sell a secondhand watch or in any other way pass title thereto shall deliver to the vendee a written invoice bearing the words "secondhand watch" in bold letters, larger than any of the other written matter upon said invoice, which invoice shall also set forth the following:

(1)

The name and address of the vendor;

(2)

The name and address of the vendee;

(3)

The date of the sale;

(4)

The name of the watch or its makers;

(5)

The serial numbers, if any; and

(6)

Any other distinguishing numbers or identification marks upon its case and movement; or, if the serial numbers or other distinguishing numbers or identification marks shall have been erased, defaced, removed, altered or covered, the invoice shall so state.

The vendor shall keep on file a duplicate of said invoice for at least five years from the date of the sale thereof, which shall be open to inspection during all business hours by the Camden County Prosecutor or his duly authorized representative.

§ 174-28 Advertising secondhand watches.

Any pawnbroker, secondhand dealer or other person or business entity or any agent thereof who may advertise or display in any manner a secondhand watch for sale or exchange shall state clearly in such advertisement or display that said watch is a secondhand watch.

§ 174-29 Violations and penalties.

Any pawnbroker, secondhand dealer or other person or business entity or any agent thereof, who violates any provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed the sum of $500 or by imprisonment not to exceed 100 days, or both; provided, however, that the provisions of this article shall not apply to pawnbroker's auction sales or unredeemed pledges.