Section 16-1001. BOOKS AND RECORDS

1001.1 Each licensee shall use an Internet-based recordkeeping system approved by the Director to record an accurate account of each transaction in the course of the business (except as to the purchase of rags, bones, old iron, and paper by junk dealers) and shall make a copy of the government-issued identification provided by the seller of each transaction.

1001.2 Each transaction shall be entered in the approved Internet-based recordkeeping system at the time of the transaction and according to the data entry requirements of the online system.

1001.3All records made pursuant to this section shall be maintained by the dealer at the dealer's place of business for a period of not less than one (1) year after the date the property is sold or disposed of in any manner.

1001.4 The account of each transaction shall set forth the following:

 (a) An accurate and complete description of the goods, article, or thing purchased or received on account of money paid for it, giving all numbers, marks, monograms, trademarks, and manufacturer’s names, an any other marks of identification appearing on the item at the time of receiving the item and a digital photograph of the item.

 (b) The name, residence, race, sex, and date of birth of the person selling or delivering the item, as listed on a government-issued identification;

 (c) The terms and conditions of the purchase, or receipt of the item;

 (d) The place and date of the transaction;

 (e) [RESERVED]; and

 (f) All other facts and circumstances respecting the purchase or receipt.

1001.5A dealer in secondhand personal property shall securely fasten on any article purchased or received, for which records must be kept pursuant to this section, a tag to be prescribed by the Mayor.

1001.6 The dealer shall legibly write in English on the tag, the date of purchase or receipt of the article and a number corresponding with the property entered into the approved Internet-based recordkeeping system.

 

1001.7The tag shall remain on the property until such time as the property is sold or disposed of by the dealer.

 

 

authority

An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes, approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 627; D.C. Official Code § 47-2837 (2012 Repl.)), and D.C Official Code §§ 47-2851.03a(h) and 47-2851.20 (2012 Repl.).

source

Sections 1(b)(1) and (2) of Article 1 of the Police Regulations (May 1981); as amended by § 2(b) of the Secondhand Dealers Regulation and Rental Housing Act of 1980 Clarification Act of 1981, effective July 14, 1981 (D.C. Law 4-15; 28 DCR 2255 (May 22, 1981)); as amended by the Personal Property Robbery Prevention Amendment Act of 2013, effective December 13, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-50; 60 DCR 15151 (November 1, 2013)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12210 (November 28, 2014).