Seminole County, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

57, governs anyone doing business in unincorporated Seminole County as a dealer in old, used or secondhand personal property made of gold, silver or platinum, including bullion coins. 52 defines a dealer as any person, firm or corporation buying, selling or otherwise dealing in used precious metals, whether from a fixed shop or as an itinerant. 53(a) requires every dealer to keep a transaction register in a form approved by the Sheriff of Seminole County, recording the seller's name, date of birth, sex, race, residence and driver's license or other government ID number for every transaction, along with a description of the item and any hallmark or engraving.

The register must stay open for the Sheriff's inspection at all times, and a copy of each entry must be kept for one year. 53(d). 54(a) then bars a dealer from selling, melting, altering or otherwise disposing of any purchased item, or moving it out of the county, until ten full days have passed after the Sheriff has been given a copy of the register entry. 55 requires dealers to deliver a copy of the prior day's register to the Sheriff by noon of each business day.

57 requires every purchased article to remain physically attached to its bill of sale so Sheriff's deputies can inspect stock during the ten-day hold. Exempt from the hold are trade-in credits toward a higher-value purchase and dealer-to-dealer transfers where the item was already registered and held for the required period.