A municipality may:

1. A. regulate, tax or license secondhand dealers and junk store dealers or any person who accepts used merchandise for value;
2. B. prohibit their purchasing any article from a minor without the written consent of the parent or guardian; and
3. C. require that a record of purchases be kept and be subject at all times to inspection by the police.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-17-20, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For junk dealers, see 57-7-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.

Regulation of pawnbrokers. — City had authority to enact ordinances under its general welfare power and its police power and it had authority to regulate pawnbrokers under those powers. City of Hobbs v. Biswell, 1970-NMCA-086, 81 N.M. 778, 473 P.2d 917, cert. denied, 81 N.M. 772, 473 P.2d 911.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Junk dealers, regulation of, 30 A.L.R. 1427, 45 A.L.R.2d 1391.