§ 4.10.230. Daily report of purchases by secondhand dealer.

(a) Every secondhand dealer shall, on each day, except Sundays and legal holidays, before the hour of ten a.m., make and deliver to the chief of police in writing a full, true and complete report, in chronological order, of all dealings in secondhand goods, wares and merchandise by such secondhand dealer within the city during the twenty-four hours next preceding said report, together with the time of day when purchased or received, a complete description of each article purchased or received, and a description of the person or persons from whom purchased or received or with whom dealt, and also the true name of such person or persons as nearly as the same is known to or can be ascertained by the person making such report. If any such article purchased or received has engraved or stamped thereon any number, word or initial, or contains any setting of any kind, the description of such article shall contain such number, word or initial, and shall show the kind of setting or settings and the number of each kind.

(b) The report required in this section shall be made upon a form to be furnished free of charge by the chief of police. The chief of police shall cause blank forms to be printed containing spaces with the proper captions for the furnishing of the information required by this chapter.

(c) The chief of police, upon receipt of said report, shall file the same in some secure place in his office, and the reports shall be open to inspection only to members of the police department, or any other law enforcement agency, or by others upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction made for that purpose.

(Ord. 3288 § 1 (part), 1981)