As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ADEQUATE IDENTIFICATION
One of the following types of identification:
A.
A valid Wisconsin motor vehicle operator's license.
B.
A state identification card.
C.
A valid motor vehicle operator's license containing a picture,
issued by another state.
D.
A military identification card.
F.
An alien registration card.
G.
A non-picture identification document by a state or federal government,
if a dealer also obtains a clear fingerprint of the seller's right index
finger.
H.
A senior citizen identification card containing a photograph.
ARTICLE
Any of the following: audiovisual equipment; bicycles; china; computers;
printers, software and computer supplies; computer toys and games; crystal;
electronic equipment; fur coats; ammunition; knives; microwave ovens; office
equipment; pianos, organs, guitars and other musical instruments;
silverware and flatware; small electrical appliances; and telephones.
GENERAL PUBLIC
Individuals, partnerships, corporations or other associations.
PAWNBROKER
Any person who engages in the business of lending money on the deposit
or pledge of personal property, other than chooses in action, securities or
written evidences or indebtedness, or purchases personal property with an
expressed or implied agreement of understanding to sell it back at a subsequent
time at a stipulated price.
PRECIOUS METAL AND GEM DEALER
Any person who deals in, barters, purchases or resells any item of
personal property or object of value composed in whole or in part of platinum,
gold, silver, copper, brass, bronze,or other precious metals, or precious
or semiprecious stones, or pearls, secondhand to and from the general public
within the village from a fixed and regular place of business, who is not
a pawnbroker within the above definition.
Previously owned by a member of the general public. It does not mean
previously owned by a wholesaler, retailer or by a secondhand dealer licensed
under this chapter.
DEALER
Any person, other than an auctioneer, who primarily engages in the
business of purchasing or selling secondhand articles.
JEWELER DEALER
Any person, other than an auctioneer, who engages in the business
of any transaction consisting of purchasing, selling, receiving or exchanging
secondhand jewelry, as his primary business. (Exceptions are listed in § 134.71,
Wis. Stats.)
OR JUNK DEALER
Any person who deals in, barters, exchanges, purchases or resells
personal property other than those composed of precious metal and gems as
defined above, who is not either a pawnbroker or precious metal and gem dealer
as defined above.
All licenses issued under this chapter shall expire effective December
31 of the calendar year. Fees shall be as established by the Village Board.
Application for license shall be submitted to the Village Clerk-Treasurer,
who shall refer each application to the Village Board. Required license fees
shall accompany any application received by the Clerk-Treasurer.
No license issued pursuant hereto shall be assignable or inure to the
benefit of any person, firm or corporation to whom or to which the license
was not originally issued.
It is hereby deemed to be in the public interest to discourage trafficking
in stolen property and to assist the police authorities in the recovery of
stolen goods and the apprehension of thieves. Therefore, no pawnbroker's,
secondhand or junk dealer's or precious metal and gem dealer's license
shall be granted to any person not in good moral character. The Chief of Police
shall investigate or cause to be investigated each applicant for any license
under this chapter and shall furnish to the Village Clerk-Treasurer, in writing,
the information derived from any such investigation.
The Village of Webster Village Board is hereby granted the authority
to revoke or refuse to issue any license under this chapter upon cause shown.
Cause for revoking or denying such license shall include, but not be limited
to, the following: violations of this chapter, violations of §§ 134.71,
943.34 (Receiving stolen property), 948.63 (Receiving property from a child)
and 943.37 (Alteration of property identification marks), Wis. Stats., or
local ordinances in conformity with such section.