§ 1235. DEALERS IN SECOND-HAND AUTOMOBILES OR AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES REQUIRED TO KEEP RECORDS OF PURCHASES, AND SALES AND REPORT TO CHIEF OF POLICE.

Every person, firm or corporation within the City and County of San Francisco engaged in the business of buying, selling, exchanging or dealing in used or secondhand magnetos, speedometers, equipment, storage batteries, parts of automobile or other automobile accessories of all kinds and description, shall keep a record of the purchase, sale, exchange or storage of such articles, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Chief of Police or any officer detailed by him and shall within 24 hours after the purchase, sale, exchange or acceptance for storage of such articles, make out and deliver to the Chief of Police a full and complete record of the purchase, sale, exchange, or acceptance for storage of such used or secondhand automobile, motor vehicle, motorcycle, equipment or automobile accessory.

The said report shall contain the name and address of the person, firm or corporation from whom purchased, or taken in exchange or for storage or to whom sold, the make, state license number, motor number, body number, generator number, starter number, carburetor number, magneto number, storage battery number, transmission number, radiator number, and speedometer number, or any other mark of identification, make, size and serial number of each tire, including extra tires, style and seating capacity of all secondhand automobiles purchased, sold, exchanged or placed in storage; make, size and number of secondhand automobile tires; make and number of secondhand radiators, magnetos and speedometers, equipment, storage batteries, parts of automobile and all other accessories having a serial number, and such other information concerning said articles as may be necessary to prove ownership and identity of said used or secondhand automobiles, motor vehicles, motorcycles, equipment or automobile accessories.

Said report shall be written in the English language in a clear and legible manner on blanks furnished by the Chief of Police.

(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)