Greenwood, IN Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

Section 4-158.1 defines SECOND HAND DEALER broadly as any person, partnership, association, or corporation that buys, sells, trades, or otherwise acquires used goods, items, and merchandise for business purposes, then carves out a long list of exclusions: garage sales, estate sales, transient vendor sales lasting no more than 24 hours, sales by federally tax-exempt organizations, businesses that only occasionally buy used goods totaling under $5,000 a year, used book stores, thrift and consignment stores, used toy, sporting goods, or clothing stores, used autos, watercraft, and farm equipment, antique stores and malls, and pawn shop, watch, jewelry, precious metal, and valuable metal dealers, which are licensed separately under the same Division.

Section 4-158.2(a) makes operating as a Second Hand Dealer without a City license unlawful, and subsection (b) requires the applicant to show proof of being at least 18, submit two 2-inch by 2-inch photographs, fingerprints, a national Identity History Summary Check, and disclosure of any prior license revocation or criminal conviction, plus a $50 nonrefundable application fee. Section 4-158.3 routes the application through the Police Chief for review before the Controller issues an annual license expiring every December 31 for a $25 fee. Section 4-158.7(a) requires the licensee to keep books, accounts, and records of every item purchased, pledged, or traded, preserved for at least two years, and Section 4-158.9 requires acquired property to be held intact for at least seven days before resale.