RS 37:1871 – Definitions The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Part, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning and shall only be applicable to a parish with a population in excess of two hundred thousand persons, according to the […]
RS 37:1872 – Purchases not to be made from certain classes of persons It shall be unlawful for any antique dealer, owner, keeper, or agent of any antique shop to buy or exchange any article covered by this Part from any minor under the age of eighteen years, from a person appearing to be intoxicated, […]
RS 37:1873 – Duty to notify police when article tendered is believed stolen If any person shall tender for sale or exchange any article covered by this Part to an antique dealer, owner, keeper, or agent of any antique shop, and such person has good reason to believe that such article was stolen, the antique […]
RS 37:1874 – Reports required A. Every antique dealer shall be required to deliver an originally signed report to the chief of police of the municipality or the sheriff of the parish in which the dealer is located, as appropriate, on a form provided by the police department or sheriff’s office, within twenty-four hours of […]
RS 37:1875 – Police to furnish blank report forms The proper blank forms of the reports required by this Part shall be furnished, upon application, by the police department of the municipality or the sheriff’s office of the parish in which the business is located. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1.
RS 37:1876 – Due date for reports following holidays If any report required by this Part would have to be filed on any legal holiday, such report shall be due on the next business day following such holiday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1.
RS 37:1877 – Records required Every antique dealer shall be required to maintain a record, setting forth each purchase of any object which meets the definition of a cemetery artifact or used building component, when the value of any single piece of such merchandise, any lot of used building components or article received shall be […]
RS 37:1878 – Records and reports open to inspection The records and reports maintained pursuant to this Part shall at all times be open to inspection by state and local law enforcement agencies. Acts 1999, No. 218, §1.
RS 37:1879 – Prohibited practices An antique dealer shall not: (1) Accept cemetery artifacts or used building components from any natural person under the age of eighteen. (2) Knowingly accept an object that they know or should have known has been stolen, and the original use of which was a cemetery artifact or used building […]
RS 37:1880 – Retention of purchases It shall be unlawful for an antique dealer to sell, exchange, barter, or remove from his place of business any cemetery artifact or used building component that has been bought, exchanged, or deposited with him by a seller for a period of thirty days from the date of the […]
RS 37:1881 – Failure to comply; penalty A. Anyone acting as an antique dealer without complying with the provisions of this Part shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, or both. B. For […]
