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

35(A) makes it unlawful for any person, partnership, or corporation to operate a business buying or selling secondhand coins, currency, jewelry, precious metals, comic books, trading cards, stamp collections, figurines, or any item whose value increases over time without a city license. Applicants apply to the City Controller under subsection (B) with owner or officer names and residences, business address, hours of operation, and the nature of goods bought or sold; each additional location needs its own license under subsection (C). com online resale reporting organization.

36 requires licensees to keep an English-language transaction record covering item description, date and time, the customer's name, residence, and photo ID, and price, with no erasures, and to deliver a legible copy of the prior day's transactions to the Chief of Police before noon. 37 then bars a licensed secondhand dealer from receiving items by pledge or pawn or advancing money on an item as security, and bars holding a pawnbroker or junk shop license simultaneously with a secondhand dealer license. 41 additionally requires secondhand dealers to hold any purchased item on the premises for at least 10 days before reselling it.