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

010 defines a secondhand dealer as anyone engaged in purchasing, selling, trading, consignment selling, or otherwise transferring for value secondhand personal property or precious metals, whether or not they maintain a fixed place of business in the state; the definition specifically reaches persons or entities doing business at flea markets or swap meets more than three times per year. Secondhand property covers any non-new item offered for sale, including metals in any form, but excludes postage stamps, legal-tender coins, fabricated hallmarked bullion bars, used books, and clothing worth $75 or less other than furs.

35 PMC, before doing business as a secondhand dealer. 050. 050 requires every secondhand dealer to keep a permanent written record of each transaction in English, capturing the seller's signature, date, the employee's name or ID number, the seller's identifying details (name, date of birth, sex, height, weight, race, address, phone), a complete description of the property including serial numbers and, for firearms, caliber and action type, the price paid, the type of ID used (a government photo ID is always required), the transaction number and store ID, and the address the property was last removed from.

060 requires dealers to furnish police with a transcript of the prior day's transactions on request within not less than 24 hours, and to promptly report any property believed lost or stolen. 090).