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LA Rev Stat § 37:1862 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1862. License required; application; bond; exemptions

RS 1862 - License required; application; bond; exemptions A. No person shall do business as a secondhand dealer in this state without having first obtained the occupational license required by law. Any person desiring a license as secondhand dealer shall make application in writing, specifying the street number and house number of the building where the business is to be carried on. This application shall be signed by at least three property taxpayers of the city or parish where the business is to be established certifying that the applicant is of good moral character. He shall also submit with his application a bond in favor of the city or parish, as the case may be, where the business is to be established in the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars with security conditioned for the due observance of all provisions of this Part. B. Repealed by Acts 2012, §2. Acts 1987, No. 901, §1; Acts 2012, No. 292, §§1, 2.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1862.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1862.1. Record and reporting requirements; application

RS 1862.1 - Record and reporting requirements; application The provisions of R.S. 37:1864, 1864.1, 1864.3, 1865, and 1866 shall not apply to a person operating as a secondhand dealer pursuant to R.S. 37:1785. Persons operating as secondhand dealers pursuant to R.S. 37:1785 shall be subject to the record acquisition, maintenance, and reporting requirements of R.S. 37:1796, 1797, and 1798. Acts 2010, No. 918, §1; Acts 2011, No. 389, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1863 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1863. Change in location to be noted on license

RS 1863 - Change in location to be noted on license  If after issuance and delivery of a license under the provisions of this Part any change is made in the location of the place of business designated therein, the business shall not be conducted at the new location or under such license, until the official issuing the licenses notes the change on the license, and the superintendent of police of the city or the sheriff of the parish in which the second-hand dealer is doing business is notified in writing of the change.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1864.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1864.1. Photographic and other records; exceptions

RS 1864.1 - Photographic and other records; exceptions A.(1) In addition to the information required in R.S. 37:1864, every secondhand dealer shall obtain a photograph of a person selling or delivering merchandise or articles to the dealer if the fair market value of the merchandise is one hundred dollars or greater. The quality of such photograph shall be sufficient readily to identify the person depicted. In lieu of the photograph of the person selling or delivering the merchandise, the dealer may obtain either a thumbprint of such person, the quality of which thumbprint shall be sufficient to identify the person, or a photocopy of the person's Louisiana driver's license, driver's license from another state, passport, military identification, or identification issued by a governmental agency or the United States Postal Service. Each photograph, thumbprint, or photocopy, as the case may be, shall be cross-referenced with the ledger entry required by R.S. 37:1864. The photograph, thumbprint, or photocopy shall be preserved for a period of at least a year. (2) Pursuant to a request from a law enforcement agency, a secondhand dealer shall be required to capture photographically uniquely identifiable used merchandise or articles purchased pursuant to R.S. 37:1864(A). Photographs shall be made available to the law enforcement agency within twenty-four hours after the request. B. A transaction between dealers who are licensed under Part I of Chapter 21 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be exempt from this Section. C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to: (1) The sale or purchase of manufactured registered bullion bars, coins, or other numismatic items; or (2) Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 292, §2. Acts 1987, No. 901, §2; Acts 2010, No. 918, §1; Acts 2012, No. 292, §§1, 2.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1864.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1864.2. Purchase of precious metals and stones from minors; purchase of junk from minors prohibited; penalty

RS 1864.2 - Purchase of precious metals and stones from minors; purchase of junk from minors prohibited; penalty A. No secondhand dealer shall purchase gold, silver, copper, brass, aluminum other than in the form of cans, or other precious metals, jewelry, precious stones, or objects composed of such precious metals or stones from a person under the age of eighteen. Lack of knowledge of age shall not be a defense to a violation of this Section. B. No owner, employee, keeper, or proprietor of a junk shop, junk store or yard, of a junk cart or other vehicle or boat, or collector of or dealer in junk, shall receive or purchase from any minor under seventeen years of age, any goods, chattels, wares, or other merchandise, including any material defined in R.S. 37:1861. C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the sale or purchase of manufactured registered bullion bars, coins, or other numismatic items. D. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than fifteen days nor more than three months, or both. Acts 1987, No. 901, §2; Acts 1989, No. 271, §1; Acts 2011, No. 389, §1; Acts 2012, No. 292, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1864.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1864.3. Payment by check for copper, aluminum-copper air conditioning coils, or other metals required; check cashing prohibited; penalties

RS 1864.3 - Payment by check for copper, aluminum-copper air conditioning coils, or other metals required; check cashing prohibited; penalties  A.(1) A secondhand dealer shall not enter into any cash transactions in payment for the purchase of copper or aluminum-copper air conditioning coils. Payment for copper or aluminum-copper air conditioning coils shall be made in the form of a check made payable to the seller of the copper or aluminum-copper air conditioning coils and mailed to the address recorded on the photo identification of the seller no earlier than five business days after the date of the transaction.  (2) A secondhand dealer shall not enter into any cash transactions in excess of three hundred dollars in payment for the purchase of metal property other than copper, aluminum-copper air conditioning coils, or a precious metal object. Payments in excess of three hundred dollars for metals other than copper, aluminum-copper air conditioning coils, or a precious metal object shall be made in the form of a check made payable to the name and address of the seller and may be tendered to the seller at the time of the transaction. The secondhand dealer, at his discretion, may make payment by either cash or other method for transactions of three hundred dollars or less for all metals other than copper or aluminum-copper air conditioning coils, or a precious metal object.  B. All payments made by check shall be reported separately in the daily reports required by R.S. 37:1866.  C.(1) No secondhand dealer shall allow a seller to engage in multiple transactions within a twenty-four hour period totaling more than three hundred dollars for the purpose of circumventing this Section.  (2) No secondhand dealer shall cash, offer to cash, or provide the means for exchanging for cash a check issued to a seller pursuant to this Section on the premises of the secondhand dealer's place of business, including but not limited to the use of an automatic teller machine.  D. Violations of this Section shall be subject to the penalties provided for in R.S. 37:1869 and 1870.  Acts 2011, No. 389, §1; Acts 2012, No. 292, §1; Acts 2012, No. 827, §1, eff. June 14, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 381, §1; Acts 2014, No. 243, §1; Acts 2019, No. 255, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1864.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1864.4. Statement by seller required; failure to exact statement evidence of fraudulent intent; exoneration from criminal knowledge

RS 1864.4 - Statement by seller required; failure to exact statement evidence of fraudulent intent; exoneration from criminal knowledge A.(1) Every secondhand dealer shall obtain a signed statement from the seller that the junk or used or secondhand property has been paid for or is owned by the seller, and a failure of the dealer to exact a statement from the seller shall be prima facie evidence of the fraudulent intent and guilty knowledge on the part of the dealer within the meaning of this Part, sufficient to warrant a conviction. (2) In transactions involving railroad track materials, a secondhand dealer shall require the party seeking to sell or dispose of the materials to furnish a signed statement from the appropriate railroad company consenting to the sale of the railroad track materials identified in the statement, which shall be retained by the secondhand dealer. The statement shall include the name of the railroad company consenting to the sale and the name, employee number, and phone number of the person signing the statement authorizing the sale. The secondhand dealer shall attempt to verify the authenticity of the statement authorizing the sale of the railroad track materials. B. A secondhand dealer who obtains the required statement from the seller shall be exonerated from any fraudulent, willful, or criminal knowledge within the meaning of this Part. Acts 2011, No. 389, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1865 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1865. Book to be open for inspection

RS 1865 - Book to be open for inspection  The book containing the record of purchase as provided for in R.S. 37:1864 and the various articles purchased and referred to therein shall at all times be open to the inspection of law enforcement officers of the Office of State Police, or the superintendent of police or sheriff of the parish or anyone designated by them of the city, town, or parish in which the second-hand dealer does business.  Amended by Acts 1980, No. 809, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 1980.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1866 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1866. Daily report of entries

RS 1866 - Daily report of entries A.(1) Every secondhand dealer licensed under the provisions of this Part shall make out and deliver to the chief of police of the city or town or to the sheriff of the parish in which he is doing business, every day before the hour of twelve noon, a legible and correct copy of the entries in the book mentioned in R.S. 37:1864 during the previous day. The means for providing the transactional information required under this Section shall be by electronic transmission. (2) The appropriate law enforcement official may, for purposes of an investigation of a crime relating to a particular secondhand transaction, request the secondhand dealer to mail or fax such official the personally identifiable information relating to such transaction under investigation. The secondhand dealer shall deliver the personally identifiable information relating to the identified transaction to the appropriate law enforcement official within twenty-four hours of the request. B. The secondhand dealer shall have the responsibility of tendering the information provided for in Subsection A of this Section regardless of its use or nonuse by the chief of police in the city or town in which he is doing business or, alternatively, to the sheriff of the parish in which he is doing business. The tender of this information is a courtesy mandated by state law and which provides a benefit to the general public. The chief of police or sheriff shall not be mandated to take any particular action concerning the information tendered. Acts 2010, No. 918, §1; Acts 2011, No. 142, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1867 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1867. Disposal or changing identity prohibited during thirty-day period; exceptions

RS 1867 - Disposal or changing identity prohibited during thirty-day period; exceptions A. No secondhand dealer shall sell or dispose of or change or destroy the identity of any goods, articles, or things purchased by him before an interval of thirty calendar days from the date of purchase has elapsed. During the thirty calendar days after purchase, a secondhand dealer shall keep the purchased goods, articles, or things on the premises of the secondhand dealer's business location or at such other location within the parish where the secondhand dealer's business is located and the item was purchased. In all instances, a secondhand dealer shall make the item immediately available upon request by a law enforcement agency. Any secondhand dealer may sell, dispose of, change, or destroy any goods, article, or thing purchased by him from a client without any delay, provided that the dealer can prove that the client had valid title to the goods, article, or thing of which he intends to dispose. B. Repealed by Acts 2012, 292, §2. Acts 1987, No. 901, §1; Acts 1992, No. 817, §1; Acts 2010, No. 918, §1; Acts 2012, No. 292, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1867.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1867.1. Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 901, §3.

RS 1867.1 - Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 901, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1868 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1868. Hours of business

RS 1868 - Hours of business  A second-hand dealer shall neither open his place of business before the hour of 7 o'clock a.m. nor keep it open after the hour of 7 o'clock p.m. except on Saturdays and during the month of December, during which time the hour of 7 o'clock p.m. shall be extended to 10 o'clock p.m.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1869 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1869. Violations; penalty

RS 1869 - Violations; penalty A. Any licensed secondhand dealer who violates, neglects, or refuses to comply with any provision of this Part, shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, or both. B. For the second offense, his occupational license shall be suspended for a thirty-day period. For a third offense, his license shall be revoked and he shall not thereafter be permitted to engage in the business of secondhand dealer in the state of Louisiana. C. Any secondhand dealer convicted of selling stolen goods shall have his occupational retail license revoked. D. The occupational license tax collector is hereby vested with the authority, upon motion in a court of competent jurisdiction, to rule the noncomplying secondhand dealer to show cause in not less than two nor more than ten days, exclusive of holidays, as to why the noncomplying secondhand dealer's retail occupational license should not be suspended or revoked as prescribed under this Part. This rule may be tried out of term and in chambers and shall be tried with preference and priority. If the rule is made absolute, the order rendered therein shall be considered a judgment in favor of the municipality or parish. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 770, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1184, §1, eff. July 3, 2003; Acts 2011, No. 389, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1869.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1869.1. Prohibitions; sale of certain uniforms

RS 1869.1 - Prohibitions; sale of certain uniforms No secondhand dealer, including those secondhand dealers exempted by R.S. 37:1861(B) shall sell or offer for sale any article of clothing, including but not limited to hats, shirts, pants, or jackets, which exhibits or displays the insignia of any law enforcement agency or public utility. Acts 2003, No. 1162, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1870 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1870. Failure to comply; penalty

RS 1870 - Failure to comply; penalty A. Anyone acting as an unlicensed secondhand dealer without complying with the provisions of this Part shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars or be imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, or both. B. For a second offense, the offender shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both. C. For a third or subsequent offense, the offender shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both. Acts 2011, No. 389, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1872 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1872. Purchases not to be made from certain classes of persons

RS 1872 - Purchases not to be made from certain classes of persons It shall be unlawful for any antique dealer, owner, keeper, or agent of any antique shop to buy or exchange any article covered by this Part from any minor under the age of eighteen years, from a person appearing to be intoxicated, from a person known to be a notorious thief, or from a person known to have been convicted of larceny or burglary. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1873 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1873. Duty to notify police when article tendered is believed stolen

RS 1873 - Duty to notify police when article tendered is believed stolen If any person shall tender for sale or exchange any article covered by this Part to an antique dealer, owner, keeper, or agent of any antique shop, and such person has good reason to believe that such article was stolen, the antique dealer, owner, keeper, or agent of any antique shop shall immediately notify the police department of the municipality or the sheriff's office of the parish in which the business is located. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1875 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1875. Police to furnish blank report forms

RS 1875 - Police to furnish blank report forms The proper blank forms of the reports required by this Part shall be furnished, upon application, by the police department of the municipality or the sheriff's office of the parish in which the business is located. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1876 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1876. Due date for reports following holidays

RS 1876 - Due date for reports following holidays If any report required by this Part would have to be filed on any legal holiday, such report shall be due on the next business day following such holiday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1877 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1877. Records required

RS 1877 - Records required Every antique dealer shall be required to maintain a record, setting forth each purchase of any object which meets the definition of a cemetery artifact or used building component, when the value of any single piece of such merchandise, any lot of used building components or article received shall be twenty-five dollars or more for each single transaction. The price at which a piece of such merchandise is offered for sale by an antique dealer shall be considered prima facie evidence of the value of the piece of such merchandise. Each cemetery artifact purchased shall be recorded at the time of each transaction, and such record shall contain an accurate detailed description in the English language of the merchandise or article received as set forth in R.S. 37:1874(B)(13), along with the amount paid therefor. This record shall be kept for a minimum period of three years. Copies of the reports as set forth in R.S. 37:1874 will satisfy the records requirement. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1184, §1, eff. July 3, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1878 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1878. Records and reports open to inspection

RS 1878 - Records and reports open to inspection The records and reports maintained pursuant to this Part shall at all times be open to inspection by state and local law enforcement agencies. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1879 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1879. Prohibited practices

RS 1879 - Prohibited practices An antique dealer shall not: (1) Accept cemetery artifacts or used building components from any natural person under the age of eighteen. (2) Knowingly accept an object that they know or should have known has been stolen, and the original use of which was a cemetery artifact or used building component. (3) Falsify, obliterate, remove from the records, or fail to include in the report required in this Part any accounts relating to the antique dealer's transactions involving objects which the antique dealer knew or should have known were cemetery artifacts or used building components as defined in this Part. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1184, §1, eff. July 3, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1880 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1880. Retention of purchases

RS 1880 - Retention of purchases It shall be unlawful for an antique dealer to sell, exchange, barter, or remove from his place of business any cemetery artifact or used building component that has been bought, exchanged, or deposited with him by a seller for a period of thirty days from the date of the antique dealer's acquisition. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1184, §1, eff. July 3, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 37:1881 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§1881. Failure to comply; penalty

RS 1881 - Failure to comply; penalty A. Anyone acting as an antique dealer without complying with the provisions of this Part shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, or both. B. For a second offense, the antique dealer's occupational license shall be suspended for a thirty-day period. For a third offense, the antique dealer's retail occupational license shall be revoked, and the dealer shall not thereafter be permitted to engage in the business of an antique dealer in this state. C. Any antique dealer convicted of selling stolen goods shall have his occupational retail license revoked. D. The occupational license tax collector is hereby vested with the authority, upon motion in a court of competent jurisdiction, to rule the noncomplying antique dealer to show cause in not less than two nor more than ten days, exclusive of holidays, as to why the noncomplying antique dealer's retail occupational license should not be suspended or revoked as prescribed under this Chapter. This rule may be tried out of term and in chambers and shall be tried with preference and priority. If the rule is made absolute, the order rendered therein shall be considered a judgment in favor of the municipality or parish. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1; Acts 2001, No. 828, §1.