Moore, OK Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- License
- No separate secondhand-dealer license required (Sec. 9-622)
- Sales barred
- Cannot buy from intoxicated or drug-impaired sellers (Sec. 9-807)
- Sales barred
- Cannot buy from prior petty larceny convict (Sec. 9-807)
- Minors
- No dealing with minors without written parental consent (Sec. 9-808)
- Penalty
- General fine up to $500 (Sec. 1-108)
Summary
Moore has no standalone secondhand-dealer license. Sec. 9-622 exempts anyone "operating a secondhand store" from the flea market operator's license, but Sec. 9-807 still bars any secondhand dealer from buying from an intoxicated person, a habitual drug user, or someone previously convicted of petty larceny, and Sec. 9-808 bars purchases from minors without written parental consent.
No person, firm or corporation operating a secondhand store shall be required to obtain a license under this article for the same business location. ... No pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, or any other person shall knowingly purchase, take or receive in pledge, or by any gift or on deposit, or accept possession of any article or property, of or from any of the following: Any person under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs; Any person who is a habitual user of drugs of any kind; or Any person who has previously been convicted of petty larceny. ... No person in charge of any junk shop, secondhand store, pawnshop, or otherwise, shall knowingly purchase from or advance money to any minor upon articles of value, or have any dealing respecting the title of property in the possession of a minor, without the written consent of the parent or guardian of such minor.
Full Breakdown
Moore folds secondhand-dealer regulation into its flea market and pawnbroker chapters rather than issuing a dedicated license. City Code Sec. 9-622, in the flea market operator's license article, states that "no person, firm or corporation operating a secondhand store shall be required to obtain a license under this article for the same business location," so a secondhand shop does not need the flea market permit that space-renting operators must carry. That does not mean secondhand dealing is unregulated: Sec. 9-807, inside the pawnbroker chapter, expressly names "secondhand dealer" alongside pawnbroker and bars knowingly purchasing, taking in pledge, accepting as a gift, or receiving on deposit any article from a person under the influence of liquor or drugs, a habitual drug user, or anyone previously convicted of petty larceny.
Sec. 9-808 separately reaches "any junk shop, secondhand store, pawnshop, or otherwise," making it unlawful to purchase from or advance money to a minor on articles of value without the written consent of a parent or guardian. Sec. 9-810 adds a general duty: any circumstance that would put "an ordinary prudent person" on guard about a seller's right to dispose of an item is enough to require the dealer to refuse the transaction, and accepting it anyway is itself an offense. Because Chapter 9-6B (Flea Markets) and Chapter 9-8 (Pawnbrokers) carry no separate penalty clause naming secondhand dealers, enforcement falls to the city's general penalty, Sec. 1-108, and continuing violations can be charged day by day under Sec. 1-109.
Violations & Fines
A secondhand dealer who knowingly buys from an intoxicated person, a habitual drug user, someone with a prior petty larceny conviction, or a minor without parental consent violates Sec. 9-807 or Sec. 9-808. Because neither section lists its own penalty, the city's general fine under Sec. 1-108, not to exceed $500, applies, and Sec. 1-109 lets each day of a continuing violation count as a separate offense.
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