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

Pursuant to RCW 35.21.180, authorizing adoption of state codes by reference, the city of Port Townsend adopts by this reference, as though fully set forth herein, the following sections of the Revised Code of Washington, as now or hereafter amended, and the same shall be effective upon the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section:

1. 19.60.010, Definitions;

2. 19.60.014, Fixed place of business required;

3. 19.60.020, Duty to record information;

4. 19.60.040, Report to chief law enforcement officer;

5. 19.60.045, Duties upon notification their property is reported stolen;

6. 19.60.050, Retention of property by pawnbrokers – inspection;

7. 19.60.055, Retention of property by secondhand dealers – inspection;

8. 19.60.060, Rates of interest and other fees – sale of pledged property;

9. 19.60.061, Pawnbrokers – sale of pledged property limited – written document required for transaction;

10. 19.60.062, Attorney fees and costs in action to recover possession;

11. 19.60.066, Prohibited acts – penalty;

12. 19.60.085, Exemptions.

B. Violations of the ordinance codified in this section, pursuant to subdivision 11 of subsection A, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $5,000 or imprisonment in jail not to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.