815 ILCS 398/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Resale Dealers Act. (Source: P.A. 98-1096, eff. 1-1-15.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 815 ILCS 398 — Resale Dealers Act.
Illinois · statute · 815 ILCS 398 · 12 active provisions
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Definitions
Definitions. For the purposes of this Act: "Appropriate law enforcement official" means the sheriff of the county where a resale dealer is located or, if the resale dealer is located within a municipality, the police chief of the municipality, provided, however, that the sheriff or police chief may designate an appropr…
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Exemptions
Exemptions. The following shall be exempt from the requirements of this Act: (1) Residential garage sales. (2) Sales conducted by governmental, civic, patriotic, fraternal, educational, religious, or benevolent organizations that have been active and in continuous existence for at least one year prior to the holding of…
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Recordkeeping requirements
Recordkeeping requirements. (a) Every resale dealer shall keep a standard record book that has been approved by the appropriate law enforcement official. At the time of each sale, an accurate account and description, in the English language, of all the goods, articles, and other things purchased, the amount of money, v…
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Daily report
Daily report. It shall be the duty of every resale dealer to make out and deliver to the appropriate law enforcement official where such resale dealer does business, on each day before the hours of 12 o'clock noon, a legible and exact copy from the standard record book, as required in Section 15. Such report may be mad…
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Prohibited purchases
Prohibited purchases. No resale dealer under this Act shall purchase or accept any goods or articles if: (1) the seller is less than 18 years of age; (2) the seller fails to present the appropriate form of identification as required by subsection (b) of Section 15; or (3) the article to be purchased had an original man…
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Removal of identifying marks prohibited
Removal of identifying marks prohibited. No resale dealer shall remove, alter, or obliterate any manufacturer's make, model or serial number, personal identification number, or identifying marks engraved or etched upon an item of personal property that was purchased or received by the resale dealer. (Source: P.A. 98-10…
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Inspection of records and premises of resale dealers
Inspection of records and premises of resale dealers. The required records of each resale dealer are subject to inspection during regular business hours by the appropriate law enforcement official for compliance purposes only on an annual basis or more frequently if needed to investigate a matter or to respond to any c…
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Holding period
Holding period. (a) No resale dealer shall expose for sale, sell, trade, barter, melt, crush or compact, destroy, or otherwise dispose of any individually identifiable article within 10 days after the date of purchasing or receiving the article. No resale dealer shall expose for sale, sell, trade, barter, melt, crush o…
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Hold order
Hold order. (a) For the purposes of this Section, "hold order" means a written legal instrument issued to a resale dealer by a law enforcement officer commissioned by the appropriate law enforcement official of the municipality or county that licenses and regulates the resale dealer ordering the resale dealer to retain…
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Violations
Violations. (a) Any person who knowingly fails to obey, observe, or comply with the provisions of Sections 15, 20, 25, or 35 of this Act shall be: (i) guilty of a petty offense for which a $750 fine shall be imposed for a first or second offense; (ii) guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for a third offense; and (iii) guilt…
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Local regulation
Local regulation. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair the power of a county or municipality, including home rule units, to enforce the provisions of this Act or to license, regulate, suppress, or prohibit resale dealers, provided that any such actions are no less restrictive than required by this Act. This…