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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 12-7 Daily reports required.">
  <section prefix="§" num="12-7" heading="Daily reports required.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">Each dealer shall submit to the Police Commissioner and the Director of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing a daily report of each transaction in which a person transfers items to the dealer on that day.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The dealer shall forward the daily report to the Police Department and Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing, as provided in &lt;cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 25-013" data-path="|2|§12-8"&gt;§ 12-8 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Scope of reports.">Except as provided in this subtitle, the daily report shall contain the information specified in subsection (c) of this section for:<para num="(1)">each item transferred; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">each group of substantially similar items transferred as part of 1 transaction.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Information required.">The daily report shall include:<para num="(1)">the date, place, and time of each transaction, including the location where the dealer purchased or received the item or group of items;</para>
      <para num="(2)">a description of the item or group of items, including:<para num="(i)">the specific type and number of items;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the manufacturer, model number, and year of manufacture, if known, and any soundex number or unique identifying number found on the item;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the color, size, style, and approximate age;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">for jewelry (other than costume jewelry meeting standards set by the Police Commissioner), a description by weight (if payment is based on weight), style, gender, number and configuration of stones, and any initials or distinguishing marks or inscriptions;</para>
        <para num="(v)">a statement of whether or not the item appears to have been altered by any means, including:<para num="(A)">obscuring a serial number or identifying feature;</para>
          <para num="(B)">melting; or</para>
          <para num="(C)">recutting a gem; and</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(vi)">the amount paid or other consideration;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">for each individual from whom the dealer acquires an item:<para num="(i)">the individual’s name, date of birth, and license number from a clearly identifiable driver’s license;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">identification information about the individual that:<para num="(A)">positively identifies the individual from at least 2 forms of identification, which may include an age of majority card, military identification, passport, or other similar photographic identification; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">provides a physical description of the individual, including the sex, race, date of birth, any distinguishing features, and weight of the individual; or</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(iii)">a statement by the dealer that:<para num="(A)">the dealer has known the transferor of the item for 10 years or longer and knows that the transferor has lived at his/her current residence for not less than 3 years;</para>
          <para num="(B)">that the specific information required by subitems (i) or (ii) of this item (3) is retained in the dealer’s records; and</para>
          <para num="(C)">that a record of the transaction signed by the individual from whom the item is acquired is retained in the dealer’s records;</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)">if the individual from whom the dealer acquires the item is acting as an agent for a principal, the same information for the principal as that which is required by item (3) of this subsection to be given for the agent;</para>
      <para num="(5)">a statement indicating whether or not the person making the transfer is personally known to the dealer; and</para>
      <para num="(6)">the signature of the dealer who accepted the item and, except for a transaction reported under item (3)(iii) of this subsection, the signature of the individual from whom the item is acquired.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §48B(a) - (c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 97-206</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 08-073</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
