Titusville, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- Record required
- every precious-metals purchase, § 11-2(a)
- Must capture
- ID number, name, address, signature
- Bulk-coin exception
- denomination + weight/face value only
- Records open to
- any law enforcement agency on request
- Business tax receipt
- required to operate, § 11-31
- Late-payment penalty
- 10% Oct + 5%/mo, capped 25%, § 11-56
Summary
Anyone buying precious metals such as gold, silver, or platinum from private sellers in Titusville must keep a purchase record for each transaction under Code of Ordinances § 11-2, tracking with Florida's secondhand-dealer statute, F.S. § 538.03 et seq. The record must capture the seller's ID number, name, address, item description, and signature, and stay available to police.
(a)Every person dealing in precious metals, such as gold, silver and platinum, shall keep a record in accordance with F.S. § 538.03 et seq. of all purchases from private individuals at the time of each purchase, which individuals are not themselves licensed dealers regularly engaged in the buying and selling of precious metals. The following information shall be obtained: The date of the transaction; the number which appears on the seller's driver's license or comparable identification used; the type of identification used; the name and address of the seller as it appears on the item of identification; a complete and accurate description of such property; and the signature of the seller. ... (b)This record shall be made available to any law enforcement agency or officer upon request and shall be preserved for a period as prescribed in F.S. § 538.03 et seq.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 54 Update 1 | Land Development Regulations: Supplement 19 Update 1 | Technical Manuals: Supplement 10 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Section 11-2(a) applies to every person dealing in precious metals, gold, silver, and platinum are named specifically, and requires a record of each purchase made from a private individual who is not already a licensed dealer in the trade. The required fields are specific: the date of the transaction, the number on the seller's driver's license or comparable ID, the type of ID used, the seller's name and address as shown on that ID, a complete and accurate description of the item bought, and the seller's signature.
The section makes one accommodation for bulk coin purchases: when so many coins are bought that describing each one separately is impractical, a general description by denomination together with the total weight or face value satisfies the requirement. , prescribes. That statute is the backdrop for the local rule: Titusville's ordinance layers a city record-keeping duty on top of the state framework rather than replacing it. Separately, the city's business tax schedule lists pawnshops and junk dealers as their own local business tax classifications, and § 11-31 requires any person operating such a business, including a secondhand or precious-metals dealer, to hold a current local business tax receipt before opening.
This section has carried the same language since the 1963 Code recodification and remains in force unamended in the current code cycle running through Ord. No. 11-2026, § 5, adopted June 9, 2026.
Violations & Fines
Operating a precious-metals or secondhand business without the required city business tax receipt creates a debt to the city recoverable in court under § 11-55, and § 11-57 makes doing business without a receipt, fraudulently obtaining one, or otherwise violating the licensing article punishable under the Code's general penalty, § 1-15: up to a $500 fine, up to 60 days in jail, or both. Unpaid receipts also draw a 10 percent October delinquency penalty plus 5 percent for each additional month, capped at 25 percent, under § 11-56.
Frequently Asked Questions
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