5.48.040 Unauthorized Sale of Property.
A. No person who is not the owner of the property shall sell or attempt to sell regulated property to, or obtain money on the security of pledges or deposits from, a second-hand merchant, without the consent of the owner of the property.
B. A second-hand merchant shall post a notice substantially similar to that set forth in subsection C of this section in the manner and at the locations described in subsection D of this section. The size of the notice shall be no smaller than eight and one-half inches by 11 inches with lettering no smaller than one-fourth of an inch in height.
C. The notice shall be worded substantially as follows:
NOTICE
The sale or attempted sale of property to a second-hand merchant or pawnbroker without consent of the owner of the property is punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 per violation and a jail sentence of up to 90 days.
Don’t sell property without consent of the owner of the property. You will be held strictly liable for violation of this law.
D. Every copy of the notice required to be posted under this section shall be posted in a manner reasonably calculated to provide patrons actual knowledge of the contents of the notice. A copy of the notice shall be posted:
1. Outside each point of entry intended for patron use and
2. At or near each place where a second-hand merchant purchases used personal property in the regular course of business.
E. If a significant number of the patrons of the second-hand merchant use a language other than English as a primary language, the notice shall be worded in both English and the primary language or languages of the patrons. (Ord. 4950 §3, 2012).