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

The City of Tamarac regulates secondhand goods dealers under Chapter 12, Article XI of the City Code. Sec. 12-201 requires every person who buys, trades, or otherwise deals for profit in used goods, wares, or merchandise, including appliances, to keep a complete written record of each item purchased: the seller's name and address, the date received, and identifying marks or numbers. Records must be kept in duplicate, and the dealer must hand over copies to the chief of police or his representative on demand, at regular intervals or any other time the chief sets.

Sec. 12-201 ties the retention period to the holding period set out in F.S. chapter 538, Florida's pawnbroking and secondhand dealer statute. Sec. 12-202 makes it a separate violation for any dealer to buy used goods from a person under eighteen unless a parent or legal guardian is present, and it is equally a violation for a minor to offer such goods for sale. Sec. 12-203 lets the city revoke or otherwise discipline a dealer's local business tax receipt for a fraudulent or knowingly false record, or for failing to produce records the chief of police has ordered within a reasonable time.

Revocation requires a hearing before the city manager, with at least ten working days' written notice of the charges; the dealer may confront witnesses and present evidence, and the city manager either dismisses the complaint or forwards it to the city commission with a revocation recommendation. A dealer who loses a tax receipt has ten working days to file a written appeal with the planning board under Sec. 10-5.4(R). Because Article XI sets no dollar penalty of its own, a straight violation defaults to the Code's general penalty in Sec.

1-13: a fine up to $500, up to ninety days in jail, or both, with each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense.