As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BUSINESS DAYS
Excludes Saturdays, Sundays and Federal or State legal holidays.
DEALER
A pawnbroker, dealer in precious metals, antique dealer and/or
secondhand dealer.
DEALER IN PRECIOUS METALS
An individual, partnership, association, corporation or business
entity, who or which purchases precious metals from the general public
for resale or other commercial disposition, or any individual who
acts as agent for such individual, partnership, association, corporation
or business entity for such purchase or purchases.
GOVERNMENT IDENTIFICATION
An unexpired document issued by the Federal Government, the
Commonwealth or any other state government, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any United States territory that
includes all of the following: the name, age, and address of the seller;
a photograph of the seller; an expiration date.
ITEM
Personal property, precious metal, antique and/or secondhand
or used good.
MINOR
Any person under the age of 18.
PAWNBROKER
An individual, partnership, association, corporation, or
other business entity, including an itinerant merchant, doing business
in the Township that lends money in exchange for personal property
deposited by a pledger as security that can be sold if the loan is
not repaid within a specified period, and/or engages in purchase and
re-sale of any merchandise from a pledger or seller.
PLEDGE
An article and or articles deposited with a Pawnbroker as
security for a loan or currency, in the course of his/her business
as defined in the preceding section.
PLEDGER
The person who obtains the loan from a Pawnbroker and delivers
a Pledge into the possession of a Pawnbroker, unless such person discloses
that he/she is or was acting for another, in which case a "pledger"
means the disclosed principal.
PRECIOUS METAL DEALER
An individual, partnership, association, corporation, or
other business entity including an itinerant merchant doing business
in the Township that purchases or makes appraisals of Precious metals
and their alloys for resale to refiners, brokers or the public.
PRECIOUS METALS
Items containing or being of gold, silver or platinum, including,
but not limited to, jewelry and silver services, but excluding coins,
ingots, bullion or photographic film or any article containing less
than 5% of gold, silver or platinum by weight.
SECONDHAND DEALER OR ANTIQUE DEALER
An individual, partnership, association, corporation, or
other business entity including an itinerant merchant doing business
in the Township that purchases or makes appraisals of secondhand or
used goods for resale or refining, or an individual who acts as an
agent for such individual, partnership, association, corporation,
or other business organization or entity.
SELLER
The person who obtains payment from a Dealer in return for
the sale of any merchandise to the Dealer.
The Dealer shall obtain the following information from the Pledger
and or Seller for the purposes of establishing identification of each
Pledger and or Seller:
A. A photocopy of verified Government Identification.
B. An accurate physical description of the Pledger and
or Seller including race, gender, eye and hair color and identifying
marks, if any.
A Dealer may seize any Item offered in a sale or Pledge which
he/she has reason to believe is stolen property. The Dealer shall
issue a seizure receipt to the person presenting such property in
Pledge and shall immediately deliver such seized property together
with a copy of the seizure receipt to the Township Police Department.
All business Transactions between Dealers and Minors are prohibited.