Regulating Junk And Second-Hand Stores In Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Statutes
53 P.S. MUNICIPAL AND QUASI-MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
Part I GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW
Chapter 19 REGULATION OF BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONS
Article II JUNK AND SECOND-HAND REGULATION LAW

•    § 4431. Purchase-books to be kept
•    § 4432. Books to be kept in English; contents; inspection; compliance with section as evidence
•    § 4433. Penalty for violation of act

§ 4431 Purchase-books to be kept

From and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any keeper, owner, proprietor, or employee of any junk-shop within any city within this commonwealth, or for any owner, proprietor, or employe of any second-hand store within any such city, to barter, purchase, exchange, buy or accept from any person whatsoever, except plumbers holding licenses as such from such city, or the owner or owners of buildings from which the material is taken, any pipe, faucet, boilers, spigots, coils, or any other like material whatever, or to barter, purchase, exchange, buy, receive or accept any other second-hand goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind or nature whatever, without providing and keeping books, and making therein at the time of such purchase, exchange, receiving or accepting, the entries hereinafter provided.

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§ 4432 Books to be kept in English; contents; inspection; compliance with section as evidence

Every owner of such junk shops and second hand stores shall provide and constantly keep a book, in which shall be fairly written down in the English language, at the time of every purchase of any such material, a description of all articles so purchased, the name and residence of the person from whom such purchase was made, and the day and hour of such purchase, and such books shall at all times be open to the inspection of any and every member of the police and detective forces of such city. Compliance with the provisions of this section shall be evidence of the innocence of a junk shop keeper or second hand dealer of any crime of receiving stolen goods, notwithstanding the fact that the articles may in fact be stolen. Nothing contained in this section shall be interpreted as limiting, or interfering with, the title to, or right of, possession of the lawful owners of the articles.

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§ 4433 Penalty for violation of act

Any person who shall violate, or neglect, fail or refuse to comply with all the provisions of this act or any of them, shall for every offense, upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, be subject to a fine of not less than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars, and in default of payment thereof be imprisoned for a period not exceeding ninety days.

Cite as 53 P.S. § 4433