Osceola County, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Hold period before resale
- 14 days
- Report to sheriff
- within 24 hours of acquisition
- Sale record retention
- 3 years
- Exempt sellers
- charities, individual private sales
- Max general penalty
- $500 fine / 60 days jail
Summary
Osceola County requires every secondhand, antique and jewelry dealer to log each item bought or taken on consignment, hold it 14 days before resale, and report acquisitions to the Sheriff's Office within 24 hours under Code § 13-130.
(a)Every pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, antique dealer and jewelry dealer shall make a record of all articles purchased, taken in trade or taken on consignment, or as security for a loan which shall contain the following:(1)I.D. of each person from whom each article is purchased or otherwise received, including name, address, birthdate, sex, nationality, driver's license number or other publicly issued identification number, and on the original record only, a legible thumbprint.(2)A description of the article purchased including identifying characteristics, any serial or model numbers, the date purchased or otherwise received, the agreed price, and the location where the article may be found...The secondhand dealer shall issue a receipt for the article to the seller at the time of receiving the article, stating the agreed purchase price. The secondhand dealer shall hold the article for fourteen (14) days before making the article available for sale.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 71 | Land Development Code: Supplement 10).
Full Breakdown
Division II of Chapter 13 (§§ 13-126 through 13-134) covers everyone the code defines as a secondhand dealer: buying, selling or trading previously owned goods, antiques or jewelry, other than used clothing, titled vehicles, heavy equipment or regulated scrap metal (covered separately under Division I). Section 13-130(a) requires a written record of every article purchased, taken in trade, or taken on consignment: the seller's name, address, birthdate, sex, driver's license or other government ID number, and a thumbprint on the original record, plus a description of the item with any serial or model number, the date acquired, the agreed price and where it can be found.
That record must reach the county sheriff within 24 hours of acquisition (§ 13-130(b)). Before reselling anything, the dealer must issue the seller a receipt stating the agreed purchase price and hold the item, unaltered, for 14 days; no receipt, ticket or contract may shorten that retention period (§ 13-130(e)). Sale records (buyer name, ID number, price and description) must be kept for three years and the business premises stay open to unannounced law-enforcement inspection to verify the records (§ 13-130(g)-(i)). Charitable-organization sales and individual private sales are exempt (§ 13-128). Auctioneers selling on consignment are not bound by the 14-day hold (§ 13-130(f)).
Violations & Fines
The article carries no stand-alone penalty clause, so a violation defaults to the Code's general penalty under § 1-6: a fine of up to $500, up to 60 days in the county jail, or both, with each continuing day of noncompliance treated as a separate offense. Failing to produce records for inspection, shortening the 14-day hold, or missing the 24-hour sheriff report each exposes the dealer to that penalty independently.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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