Fulton County, GA Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

Every person, whether a licensed junk dealer or pawnbroker, or any other secondhand dealer, who, exclusively or as incidental to or in connection with other business, purchases, sells or acquires in trade used or secondhand jewelry, flat silver, gold, and silver objects of every kind and description, including watches and clocks, any of which is made in whole or in part of gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals; diamonds, emeralds, rubies, or other precious stones; pistols or guns; bicycles or accessories shall, for the purpose of this article, be a secondhand dealer. Any person who shall purchase any article of the kinds herein described from any person other than a bona fide dealer in those articles shall, for the purpose of making the reports required herein, also be a secondhand dealer and subject to all the provisions of this article relating to those records and reports.

(Code 1983, § 33-7-41)

Sec. 66-32. - Recordkeeping. (a)Contents of record book. All secondhand dealers shall keep a book wherein shall be entered an accurate description of all property of the kinds specified in section 66-31 of this article which they acquire by purchase of trade, and the name, address, estimated age, weight and height of the person from whom purchased or acquired and the date and hour of the purchase.