Source: https://ecode360.com/14183583
Timestamp: 2019-10-14 13:14:03
Document Index: 39857396

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 180', '§ 180', '§ 180', '§ 180', '§ 180', '§ 180']

Township of Washington, NJ Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods
§ 180-1 Purpose and intent; license required.
§ 180-3 Registration and issuance of license.
§ 180-4 Dealer's responsibilities, requirements and recordkeeping.
§ 180-5 Nonapplicability.
§ 180-6 Purchases from minors.
Chapter 180 Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Washington 11-24-2009 by Ord. No. 33-2009; amended in its entirety 12-11-2013 by Ord. No. 35-2013. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Charities — See Ch. 47.
No person shall use, exercise or carry on the business, trade or occupation of buying scrap gold, old gold, silver, jewelry, home electronics/audio and visual equipment, musical instruments, telephones and telephonic equipment, scales, computers, computer hardware and software, typewriters, word processors, scanners, sporting goods of all kinds, antiques, platinum, all other precious metals, tools of all kinds, televisions, DVRs, GPS, camcorders, car stereos, gift cards, furniture, clothing or other valuable articles, hereinafter referred to as "secondhand goods or articles," or being a secondhand dealer within the Township of Washington without having first obtained a license from the Township of Washington as hereinafter provided.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings ascribed herein. Words used in the present tense shall include the future, words in the plural number shall include the singular number; and words in the singular number shall include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
Acceptable forms of identification include: a current, valid New Jersey driver's license or identification card, a current, valid photo driver's license issued by another United States state, a valid United States passport, or other verifiable United States government-issued identification.
The Chief of Police of the Township of Washington or his designee/representative.
A person or entity that is appointed or designated by the Chief of Police who is authorized to collect and maintain precious metal transaction information, or other purchase information as defined herein, for the Township of Washington.
Any business conducted intermittently within the Township of Washington or at varying locations.
A dealer who has not been in any retail business continuously for at least six months at that address in the municipality where the dealer is required to register or who intends to close out or discontinue all retail business in the Township of Washington within six months; or as so defined in N.J.S.A. 51:6A-5 and N.J.A.C. 13:47C-1.1.
Each dealer conducting business within the jurisdiction of the Township of Washington shall first apply and be granted a business license as set forth in Chapter 133 (Licensing) and Chapter 40 (Business Licensing). The application for a license shall be accompanied by a fee payable to the Township of Washington in the form of a cashier's check, certified check or money order to defray the costs of the electronic database software system. The fee shall be the cost of the electronic database software system and not to exceed $300 per applicant. The paying of this fee shall make the applicant exempt from the Washington Township business registration fee.
Every dealer within the Township of Washington shall, upon the purchase of any precious metals or secondhand goods from the public, be required to do as follows:
Record on a numbered receipt the name, address and telephone number of the purchaser; the name, address and telephone number of the seller or sellers; the time and date of the transaction; the net weight in terms of pounds troy, pennyweight (troy) or kilograms/grams of the precious metals; fineness in terms of karats for gold, and sterling or coin for silver, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 51:5-1 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 51:6-1 et seq. This information is to be documented through use of an electronic database software system as designated by the Chief of Police. These records shall be subject to the inspection of any authorized police officer of the Township of Washington.
Through the use of applicably required computer equipment, and using the electronic format approved by the Chief of Police, enter all transactions into the electronic database within 48 hours from the date of purchase. The information entered will contain the information in § 180-4A above, plus the following:
The precious metals are to be made available for inspection by the Chief of Police of the Township of Washington for a period of five days from the date the information required above is received by the Chief of Police on the approved form. The precious metals shall remain in the same condition as when purchased and shall not be changed, modified, melted or disposed of by the purchaser until the five-day period has expired. If the property is such that it would create a hardship on the dealer by holding the precious metals for such period, the dealer may present the property to the Chief of Police in order that it may be photographed and, if deemed necessary by the Chief of Police, an investigation be implemented. The Chief of Police has the authority to grant the dealer a waiver of the requirement under this section.
In the event of a database failure, or dealer's computer equipment malfunction, all transaction information is required to be submitted on paper forms approved by the Chief of Police. In the event that paper forms are used, the dealer is responsible to enter all transaction information into the database as soon as possible upon the dealer's equipment being repaired or replaced or the database coming back into service. Failure by the dealer to properly maintain computer equipment in a reasonable fashion, or failure by the dealer to replace faulty computer equipment, may result in the dealer being cited for a violation of this chapter and subsequently being subject to the penalties for doing so.
It shall be the requisite duty of every dealer, and of every person in the dealer's employ, to admit to the premises during business hours any member of the Detective Unit of the Washington Township Police Department to examine any database, book, ledger, or any other record on the premises relating to the purchase of precious metals from the public, as well as the articles purchased or received, and to take possession of any article known by the police officer or official to be missing or to have been stolen, or where the officer or official has probable cause to believe the article is missing or stolen.
This chapter shall not apply to purchases made by jewelers or other dealers from wholesalers or other suppliers but shall only apply to those purchases made from the public or other retail purchases. The dealer shall keep records of all wholesale purchases for a period of six months from the date of such purchase, which records shall be open to investigation by the Washington Township Police Department.
No dealer within the Township of Washington shall purchase any precious metals from any person under the age of 18 years.