Kirkland, WA Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

36 covers secondhand dealers together with pawnbrokers and coin dealers. 020(e) defines a secondhand dealer as anyone engaged in purchasing, selling, trading, consignment selling or otherwise transferring for value secondhand property, including metal junk and melted or precious metals, whether or not they keep a fixed place of business in the city; the definition excludes thrift stores that acquire merchandise from charitable or religious nonprofits or by direct donation. 020(f) defines secondhand property broadly but carves out postage stamps, legal-tender coins, hallmarked bullion bars, and used books and clothing worth $75 or less.

050 sets the fee at $100 per year, non-prorated, paid to the finance and administration director. 060 requires the dealer to keep a permanent ledger for every transaction recording the date, the seller's name, age and physical description, picture ID number, the item's detailed description (brand, serial or model number, and for firearms the caliber and action type), and the price paid. 100 requires the dealer to send the police chief, by the end of each business day, a true transcript of the prior day's transactions, and to report immediately any property reasonably believed to be lost or stolen; itinerant, or 'transient,' dealers must report to the chief of police daily as well. 070 keeps those records and goods open to inspection by the prosecuting attorney or any peace officer during business hours.