Cherry Hill, NJ Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

Township Code § 6-19, adopted by Ordinance No. 3 requires every dealer to apply to the Township Clerk, be fingerprinted, and undergo a Cherry Hill Police Department investigation of moral character and business responsibility before the Chief of Police approves or denies the license; corporate or partnership applicants have every officer or partner fingerprinted and investigated. 4a, non-transferable, and never prorated. 6 imposes detailed record-keeping: every purchase must be logged on a numbered receipt with the buyer's and seller's identifying information, entered into a Police-approved electronic database within forty-eight hours, and supported by a color photograph of both the seller's ID and each item purchased individually.

Precious metals must be held in the dealer's public view, unmodified, for ten business days after the report reaches the Chief of Police, so stolen items can be identified before they are melted down or resold; other secondhand goods carry a shorter three-business-day hold. Cash payments to the same seller are capped at two transactions in any seven-day period and barred entirely once a seller exceeds five transactions in thirty days, with any payment beyond those limits required by bank check. 8 bars buying precious metals from anyone under eighteen.

9: a fine of $100 to $2,000, up to ninety days' imprisonment or community service, plus a mandatory ten-day license suspension for each violation, calculated separately from any repeat-offender fine.