ARTICLE 4. Tangible Personal Property [21625. - 21647.]

Heading of Article 4 amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 499, Sec. 4.5.

§§ 21625–21647 · 29 sections

§ 21625 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to curtail the dissemination of stolen property and to facilitate the recovery of stolen property…
§ 21626 (a) A “secondhand dealer,” as used in this article, means and includes any person, copartnership, firm, or corporation whose business includes buying, selling,…
§ 21626.5 “Secondhand dealer,” as used in this article, does not include either of the following: (a) Any person who performs the services of an auctioneer for a fee or…
§ 21627 (a) As used in this article, “tangible personal property” means all secondhand tangible personal property that bears a serial number or personalized initials…
§ 21627.5 “CAPSS” means the California Pawn and SecondhandDealer System, which is a single, statewide, uniform electronic reporting system that receives secondhand…
§ 21628 (a) Every secondhand dealer or coin dealer described in Section 21626 shall report daily, or no later than the next business day excluding weekends and…
§ 21628.2 (a) For purposes of this section, the “department” shall mean the Department of Justice. (b) Every secondhand dealer described in Section 21626 shall, in a…
§ 21628.3 In complying with the requirements of Section 21628, a secondhand dealer shall verify the identification of the seller or pledger for each transaction, not for…
§ 21628.5 (a) Every business machine dealer shall report all used business machines which he has purchased, taken in trade, or accepted for sale or consignment, from an…
§ 21629 The provisions of this article shall not apply to any tangible personal property which has been: (a) Acquired from another secondhand dealer; provided the…
§ 21629.5 Notwithstanding Section 21629, the provisions of this article shall apply to any tangible personal property which has been acquired by a secondhand dealer with…
§ 21630 (a) A secondhand dealer or coin dealer shall electronically transmit to CAPSS no later than the next business day after the date of transaction excluding…
§ 21631 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all tangible personal property that is found in the shop of a pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, or coin dealer, doing…
§ 21634 The chief of police or the sheriff who receives a report on a form filed pursuant to the provisions of this article shall daily submit the original to the…
§ 21636 (a) Every secondhand dealer and coin dealer shall retain in his or her possession for a period of 30 days all firearms reported under Section 21628.2. The…
§ 21636.1 (a) Every secondhand dealer and coin dealer shall retain in his or her possession for a period of seven days all tangible personal property, as defined in…
§ 21636.5 No secondhand dealer or coin dealer shall promise a seller of tangible property that the seller may repurchase property sold to the secondhand dealer or coin…
§ 21636.6 It is unlawful for any person, who is required to be licensed under Section 21640, to publicly advertise any matter relating to the business for which the…
§ 21637 Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to excuse compliance with the provisions of any city, county, or city and county ordinance or any other state law…
§ 21638 The provisions of this article shall not prohibit enactment, amendment, or enforcement by any city, county, or city and county of any local ordinance relating…
§ 21638.5 Sections 21636, 21636.1, 21637, and 21638, insofar as they apply to holding periods for personal property, are not applicable to personal property pledged to a…
§ 21640 It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of secondhand dealer, as defined in Section 21626, without being licensed as provided in this article.
§ 21641 (a) The chief of police, the sheriff, or, where appropriate, the police commission, shall accept an application for and grant a license permitting the licensee…
§ 21642 (a) A license granted pursuant to Section 21641 shall be renewable the second year from the date of issue, and every other year thereafter, upon the filing of…
§ 21642.5 (a) The Department of Justice shall require each applicant for an initial license under Section 21641 of this code or Section 21300 of the Financial Code and…
§ 21643 No transactions that require reporting under Section 21628, or commencing July 1, 2010, Section 21628.2, shall be engaged in with a minor.
§ 21645 A violation of any provision of this article under circumstances where a person knows or should have known that a violation was being committed is a…
§ 21646 The district attorney or the Attorney General, in the name of the people of the State of California, may bring an action to enjoin the violation or the…
§ 21647 (a) (1) If a peace officer has probable cause to believe that property, except coins, monetized bullion, or “commercial grade ingots” as defined in subdivision…