Daviess County, KY Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Register required
- Daily, on a police/sheriff-approved form
- Copy deadline
- To Owensboro Police Chief & Sheriff by 11:00 a.m. daily
- Holding period
- 5 consecutive days before resale
- Minimum buyer age check
- No purchases from anyone under 18
- Penalty
- Class A misdemeanor, § 111.99
- Adopted
- Ord. KOC 440.1, passed 11-25-1980
Summary
Daviess County requires every dealer in secondhand jewelry, coins, precious metals, and similar items to keep a daily register of transactions, hand a copy to the Owensboro Police Chief and County Sheriff by 11:00 a.m. daily, hold articles five days before resale, and never buy from anyone under 18.
It shall be the duty of all persons dealing in the purchase, sale, or exchange of second-hand or antique jewelry, coins, watches, diamonds, or other precious stones, cutlery, old gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals, or any other second-hand manufactured articles, composed wholly or in part of gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals, to keep a daily register on a form provided by the Owensboro Police Department and the County Sheriff of every article received by them in the course of their business and the persons from whom such articles were acquired.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-20: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. KOC 520.3 (2025), passed 12-18-2025; and State legislation current through KRS Pamphlet 2025).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 111 of the county code, governing precious metal dealers and second-hand articles, imposes a detailed paper trail on anyone dealing in 'second-hand or antique jewelry, coins, watches, diamonds, or other precious stones, cutlery, old gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals, or any other second-hand manufactured articles' containing those metals. 01 requires these dealers to keep 'a daily register on a form provided by the Owensboro Police Department and the County Sheriff' recording a minute description of every article, including identification numbers and manufacturer's name, plus the seller's name, age, sex, race, address, driver's license number, general description, and signature.
' covering the prior day's transactions. 03 layers on a holding period: dealers must keep each article in the condition received, keep each day's intake separate from other days, and make articles available for law enforcement inspection 'for a period of five consecutive days after their receipt' before reselling or exchanging them, unless the Owensboro Police Chief and County Sheriff grant written permission to release sooner. 04 flatly bars purchasing or exchanging these goods from anyone under 18. 077 in favor of these stricter county rules. All of this dates to Ord. 1, passed November 25, 1980.
Violations & Fines
Section 111.99 makes violation of any duty, requirement, or prohibition in Chapter 111, including the register, the daily police copy, the five-day hold, or the under-18 sales ban, a Class A misdemeanor, the county code's top-tier criminal penalty.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long must a Daviess County pawn or secondhand dealer hold an item before reselling it?
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Sources & Official References
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