It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of buying, selling, or trading in secondhand goods in Shoreline without first obtaining a “secondhand dealer’s license” pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 345 § 2, 2004)
A. 
The term “secondhand dealer”
as used in this chapter means and includes every person who as a business engages in the purchase, sale, trade, barter, auction, sale on consignment, or otherwise exchanges secondhand goods, or who keeps a store, shop, room or other place where secondhand goods of any kind or description are bought, sold, traded, bartered, pledged, pawned, auctioned, sold on consignment, or otherwise exchanged, including dealers in used or remanufactured automobile tires or parts, except for the following:
1. 
Those persons who resell their own previously rented merchandise.
2. 
Those persons who sell used books and media, including but not limited to audiotapes and CDs, that have an individual value of under $1,000.
3. 
Those persons engaged in the business of selling used or secondhand motor vehicles or boats.
4. 
Any tax-exempt nonprofit organization. A copy of the current 501(C)3 form attesting to its nonprofit status shall be considered to demonstrate the application of this section and the right to such exemption.
5. 
Public sales of household items by the owner conducted not more than three times a year.
B. 
The term “secondhand goods”
when used in this chapter means and includes any and all used, remanufactured or secondhand goods purchased or kept for sale by a dealer in secondhand goods.
(Ord. 345 § 2, 2004)
All applications for issuance or renewal of a secondhand dealer’s license shall be made to and be filed with the clerk on forms furnished for such purpose. The application shall be referred to the Shoreline police department for investigation, report, and recommendation. If, from the reports and other information available, the license division deems the applicant to be a fit and proper person, the clerk shall issue or renew the license applied for.
(Ord. 345 § 2, 2004)
No renewal license shall issue to any secondhand dealer until the applicant shows that they have made a return to the King County assessor of the property in their possession or ownership and the value thereof for tax assessment purposes and has paid the tax due.
(Ord. 345 § 2, 2004)
Any person having more than one place of business where secondhand goods are bought, sold, traded, bartered, or exchanged, shall be required to procure a separate license for each and every such place of business. A secondhand dealer’s license shall not be transferable from one person to another, but the licensee may have their license transferred to a new location by the clerk, and the change of address shall be noted on the license, together with the date on which the change was made.
(Ord. 345 § 2, 2004)
Every secondhand dealer shall maintain at their place of business a book or other medium for electronic reporting in which they shall at the time of purchase of any secondhand goods enter the following information:
A. 
The date of the transaction;
B. 
The name of the person conducting the transaction and making the entries required herein;
C. 
The printed name, signature, age, and address of the person with whom the transaction is had;
D. 
The address of the place from which the property was last removed;
E. 
An accurate description of the property bought, which shall include the name of the maker of such property or manufacturer thereof and the serial number, if the article has such marks on it, or any other inscriptive or identifying marks; provided, that when the article received is furniture or the contents of any house or room, actually inspected on the premises where the sale is made, the general description of the property shall be sufficient; and
F. 
An itemized statement of the price or amount paid for the property purchased.
(Ord. 345 § 2, 2004)
It is unlawful for any secondhand dealer, or any clerk, agent, or employee of such secondhand dealer to fail, neglect, or refuse to make any material entry in this record, as required by this chapter, or to make any false entry therein, or to obliterate, destroy, or remove from their place of business such record within five years from the date of the transaction.
(Ord. 345 § 2, 2004)
A. 
Transcript Required. It is the duty of every secondhand dealer to deliver to the Shoreline police department at the close of every business week a full, true, and correct transcript of the record of all transactions occurring during the preceding week. Secondhand goods taken on consignment or trade-in will be recorded in the same manner as goods purchased outright.
B. 
Duty to Report. It is also the duty of any secondhand dealer having good cause to believe any property in their possession has been previously lost or stolen, to report such act to the Shoreline police department immediately, together with the name of the owner, if known, and the date and name of the person from whom the same was received by such secondhand dealer.
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All books and other records of any secondhand dealer relating to purchase or receipt of any goods, wares, merchandise, or other things of value, shall at all times be open for inspection by the Shoreline police department; and all articles or things received or purchased shall at all times be open to a like inspection.
(Ord. 345 § 2, 2004)
Anyone who sells or otherwise leaves any property with a secondhand dealer shall sign the records required to be kept by such dealer with their true name and shall include their correct residence address.
(Ord. 345 § 2, 2004)
No dealer in secondhand goods shall sell or dispose of any article received or purchased by them or permit the same to be removed from their place of business within 10 days after the receipt of such goods has been reported to the Shoreline police department as provided herein, except when the goods have been inspected by regular members of the Shoreline police department, and they have authorized the secondhand dealer to dispose of such goods within a lesser period of time; provided, that consigned property sold at auction need only be held for three days prior to sale.
(Ord. 345 § 2, 2004)
A. 
It is unlawful for any secondhand dealer, their clerk or employee, to purchase or receive any article or thing known by them to be stolen, any article or thing from a person who is under 18 years of age, intoxicated, addicted to the use of drugs, or from any person who is known to be a thief, or a receiver of stolen property, or from any person who they have reason to suspect or believe to be such.
B. 
It is unlawful for any secondhand dealer, their clerk or employee to refuse to return property which has been identified as stolen or sold without authorization, to any person the secondhand dealer, their clerk or employee, knows to be the rightful owner, or to charge a fee for the return of such property to the rightful owner.
C. 
“Identified as stolen or sold without authorization” shall mean any property which has been reported by the rightful owner to legitimate authority as missing or stolen.
D. 
“The rightful owner,” unless otherwise proven, shall be considered to be the person having possession of the property prior to the theft or removal without authorization.
(Ord. 345 § 2, 2004)