Department:

City of Seattle

Department of Finance and Administrative Services Rule No:

USED GOODS-01-2020

Supersedes:

New

Publication:

1/15/2020

Effective:

2/21/2020

Subject:

Acceptable Means to Record Used Goods Transactions

Code and Section Reference(s):

SMC 6.288.070

SMC 6.202.080 (rulemaking authority)

Approved:

Division Director

Business Unit Officer

Calvin W. Goings, Department Director

Date

Date

Date

City of Seattle Used Goods Rules

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Rule USED GOODS-01-2019

Duty to Record Used Goods Transactions

(SMC 6.288.070)

This Rule provides clarification on the acceptable means of recording used goods transactions (i.e., pawns, purchases or consignments) in accordance with the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC).

A used goods dealer shall record transactions in either a bound book or other permanent record.

1. Bound book shall only mean a hardback book in which (1) the individual pages are bound together using adhesive, (2) the pages are serially numbered, and (3) indelible ink is used.

2. Other permanent record shall only mean LeadsOnline, or a successor computerized recordkeeping and data transmission system as determined by the Chief of the Seattle Police Department.

3. The Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services or his or her designee (the Department Director) may approve other recordkeeping systems that maintain the required information in any form that is useful to the City.

Recording transactions in something other than a bound book, LeadsOnline, or other Department Director-approved recordkeeping system shall constitute a violation of the SMC.