2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.405 Second hand or junk dealer; goods purchased; retention, tagging, record; exceptions.

Sec. 5.

Such articles, purchased or exchanged shall be retained by the purchaser thereof, for at least 15 days before disposing of them, in an accessible place in the building where such articles are purchased and received. A tag shall be attached to such articles in some visible and convenient place, with the number written thereupon, to correspond with the entry number in such book. Such purchaser shall prepare and deliver on Monday of each week to the chief of police or chief police officer of the city in which such business is carried on, before 12 o'clock noon, a legible and correct copy written in the English language from such book, containing a description of each article purchased or received during the preceding week, the hour and day when the purchase was made, and the description of the person from whom it was purchased. Such statement shall be verified by the affidavit of the person subscribing his name thereto. This section shall not apply to old rags, waste paper and household goods except radios, televisions, record players and electrical appliances. Nothing herein contained shall make it necessary for the purchaser to retain articles purchased from individuals, firms or corporations having a fixed place of business after said articles shall have been reported.

History: 1917, Act 350, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 9762 ;-- CL 1948, 445.405 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 35, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961