Section 16-1005. COOPERATION WITH POLICE INVESTIGATIONS

 

1005.1It shall be the duty of every junk dealer, and every class of dealer in secondhand personal property, and of every person in a dealer's employ, to admit to the premises during business hours any member of the Metropolitan Police Force to examine any book or other record on the premises, as well as the articles purchased or received, and to search for and take possession of any article known by the police officer or official to be missing or known or believed by him or her to have been stolen, without the formality of the writ of search warrant of any other process. The foregoing search or seizure is specifically authorized by this section.

 

1005.2It shall be a violation of the provisions of this chapter for any licensed junk dealer, or any class of dealer in secondhand personal property, or any agent, clerk, or employee of any such person who shall molest, hinder, or in any manner prevent any official lawfully authorized, or the Chief of Police, or any member of the police force who is so authorized, from making an inspection and search of the premises and taking into possession any article or articles known by the officer, or alleged or supposed to have been feloniously taken from the owner of possessor, or known or believed by the police official to have been stolen.

1005.3 Each licensee shall notify the Metropolitan Police Department’s Pawn Unit of any person who, within the previous two (2) months, has sold or is seeking to see three (3) or more units of the following types of electronic consumer goods:

 (a) Cameras, cell phones, computers, laptops, or any other type of portable electronic communications device; or

 (b) Televisions or personal entertainment devices such as PlayStation, Xbox, Wii, or similar products.

1005.4 The Chief of Police may issue a notice to any licensee advising the licensee that specific individuals have been pawning, selling, or seeking to pawn or sell multiple units of electronic consumer goods to other pawnbrokers, secondhand dealers, or auctioneers either in the District or surrounding jurisdictions.

 

 

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

§ 1 of Commissioners’ Order 33-2803 (October 17, 1933); as amended by Sections 3 and 4 of Article 1 of the Police Regulations (May 1981); as amended by §§ 2(e) and (f) 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 Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12210 (November 28, 2014).