Florissant, MO Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

1210 of the Florissant Code of Ordinances requires every purchaser or collector of, or dealer in, junk, scrap metal or any secondhand property to keep a register recording each purchase or trade involving copper, brass or bronze; aluminum wire, cable, pipe, tubing, bar, ingot, rod, fitting or fastener; material containing copper or aluminum used for farming; or catalytic converters. Each record must include a copy of the seller's driver's license or government-issued photo ID, the seller's current address, gender, birth date and photograph if not already on the ID, the date, time and place of the transaction, the license plate number of the vehicle used, and a full description of the metal including weight and purchase price.

Records must be kept for a minimum of twenty-four months and made available for inspection by any Law Enforcement Officer. The Section carves out exemptions for transactions under $50 (unless the item is a catalytic converter, which is never exempt), transactions with an established business the dealer already knows, and cases where the regulated metal is only a minor part of a larger item. 1220, separately bars scrap dealers from knowingly buying or possessing metal beer kegs except from the brewer. 080 can carry a fine up to $1,000, up to three months in jail, or both.