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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CheetahCats, post: 853620, member: 23874&quot;]<span style="color: Red"><b>**** Caveat Here!&nbsp; I am not an attorney.&nbsp; The&nbsp; following is merely an opinion from a layperson and shall not be&nbsp; construed as legal advice ****</b></span><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>Stinky -</p><p><br /></p><p>44-1601 is a <b>State of Arizona</b> statute.&nbsp; Not a City of Phoenix statute.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Questions and my layman&#039;s Answers Below:<blockquote><b>Q.</b>&nbsp; Why do I have to have a secondhand dealers license to sell coins in&nbsp; Phoenix, AZ? <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b>A.</b>&nbsp; I believe, based on my layman&#039;s limited perusal of the <i>City of Phoenix Code</i>, certain applicable mercantile&nbsp; businesses in the City of Phoenix have but only two choices for licensing: <i>Antique Dealer</i> or a <i>Secondhand&nbsp; Dealer</i>.&nbsp; </span><b>That doesn&#039;t mean, however, that there isn&#039;t some other applicable&nbsp; statute or code elsewhere that supersedes otherwise.</b><span style="color: #000000"><blockquote><p><i>See City of Phoenix Code, Part II, Section 19-3: <a href="http://library.municode.com/HTML/13485/level3/PII_C19_AI.html#PII_C19_AI_s19-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://library.municode.com/HTML/13485/level3/PII_C19_AI.html#PII_C19_AI_s19-3" rel="nofollow">http://library.municode.com/HTML/13485/level3/PII_C19_AI.html#PII_C19_AI_s19-3</a></i> </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></p></blockquote></span></p><p><b>Q.</b>&nbsp; Are they expecting me to send each coin I have to a gemologist for&nbsp; authentication? <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><b>A.</b>&nbsp; My layman&#039;s opinion is that pursuant to <i>Arizona Revised Statute</i> (44-1601, 6(c)), coin dealers would not need to.&nbsp; The aforementioned statute implies [to me] that a precious&nbsp; item does not include coins and unmounted gemstones.&nbsp; <b>That doesn&#039;t mean, however, that there isn&#039;t some other applicable statute or code elsewhere that supersedes otherwise.</b></p><p></blockquote> <blockquote><blockquote><p><i>See Arizona Revised Statutes 44-1601: <a href="http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/44/01601.htm&amp;Title=44&amp;DocType=ARS" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/44/01601.htm&amp;Title=44&amp;DocType=ARS" rel="nofollow">http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/44/01601.htm&amp;Title=44&amp;DocType=ARS</a></i></p><p><br /></p></blockquote></blockquote><p>All that said, I STRONGLY suggest that you seek the guidance and advice from a qualified and licensed attorney in your area to help ensure that your business meets statutory compliance.<span style="color: Red"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="color: Black"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="color: Black">Good Luck!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="color: Black"></span><b></b></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><b>**** Caveat Here!&nbsp; I am not an attorney.&nbsp; The preceding is merely an opinion from a layperson and shall not be&nbsp; construed as legal advice ****</b></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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