§ 116.05. Recordkeeping requirements.

(a)

The City of Port St. Lucie Police Department shall designate an electronic reporting system for all pawn and secondhand dealer transactions, and shall provide copies of the electronic reporting system software to all pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers, as necessary.

(b)

A pawnbroker shall comply with the recordkeeping requirements set forth in Section 539.001(9), Florida Statutes, including but not limited to electronic transfer to the Port St. Lucie Police Department of all pawn transactions using the electronic reporting system designated by the chief of police.

(c)

In addition to the recordkeeping requirements set forth in Section 538.04, Florida Statutes, secondhand dealers shall also comply with the recordkeeping requirements set forth in this section.

(d)

A second hand dealer as defined in this chapter shall provide an electronic transaction of all articles of any kind purchased or received using the electronic reporting system designated by the police department pursuant to Sections 538.04 and 539.001(9), Florida Statutes. The electronic transaction record shall at all times during business hours be open to the inspection of the police department. The report shall be a full, true, and complete report of all goods, wares, merchandise, or things received on deposit or purchased the previous day. The report shall contain the following:

(1)

The time, date, and place of the transaction.

(2)

A complete and accurate description of the goods acquired, including digital images, any serial numbers, manufacturer's numbers, or other identifying marks or characteristics.

(3)

A description of the person from whom the goods were acquired, including:

a.

Full name, address, place of employment, and home telephone number.

b.

Height, weight, date of birth, race, gender, hair color, eye color, and any other identifying marks.

c.

The right thumbprint, free of smudges and smears, of the person from whom the goods were acquired.

(4)

If any article has engraved thereon a number, word, or initial, or contains settings of any kind, the description of the article in the report shall contain the number, word, or initial and shall show the kind of settings and the number of each kind.

(5)

In the case of a purchase, the amount of money paid for the goods or the monetary value assigned to the goods in connection with the transaction.

(6)

Any other information required by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

(e)

A secondhand dealer shall require verification of the identification of the seller by the exhibition of a government-issued photographic identification card such as a driver's license or military identification card. The record shall contain the type of identification exhibited, the issuing agency, and the number thereon.

(f)

A second hand dealer shall require a seller to sign a statement verifying that the seller is the rightful owner of the goods or is entitled to sell the goods

(g)

Each receipt issued by a secondhand dealer shall be numbered consecutively, and if stubs are used in connection with the record of the transaction retained by the secondhand dealer, each stub shall be numbered consecutively to conform to the receipt.

(h)

The electronic reporting system will provide for an upload of a complete electronic report as described in this section. Each second hand dealer and pawnbroker shall, at the end of each business day, provide an electronic upload to the electronic reporting system of all transactions that occurred during that business day.

(i)

Secondhand dealers are exempt from this section for all transactions involving secondhand sports equipment, except secondhand sports equipment that is permanently labeled with a serial number.

(Ord. No. 11-63, § 1, 8-22-11; Ord. No. 13-39, § 3, 7-8-13)