Midwest City, OK Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

It shall be unlawful for any person engaged as a dealer or broker in the sale of gold or other precious metal to fail to obtain a legible thumb print of every persons selling any gold or other precious metal and to said dealer or broker. A thumb print shall be obtained by utilizing a system commonly known as "Ident-a-Print" or other similar system as recognized by the chief of police and each thumb print shall be attached to a written or printed ticket of all personal property purchased, and a description of the person from whom the same was purchased. Said description shall consist of identification, height, weight, sex, race, hair, eyes, age, address, and date of birth. Said thumb print shall be delivered to the chief of police or his designee upon demand.(b)The above requirements are not required for transactions involving sales between precious metals and gem dealers licensed under the provisions of Title 59 O.S., §§ 1521 through 1532 (1981), except that the dealer license number, address, telephone number and signature of the seller shall be obtained and delivered to the chief of police or his designee upon request. (Ord. No. 2058, § 1, 7-23-85)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2058, adopted July 23, 1985, amended the Code by the addition of Ch. 18-A, which provisions have been included herein at the discretion of the editor as § 28-10.