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7) The Secondhand Dealer or premises are occupied at the time of entry and Secondhand Collector business, the the Chief of Police or his designee presents applicant or any person who in part or proper official identification at or near the whole,owns,manages or operates the time of entry. If entry is refused, the Chief of Secondhand Dealer or Secondhand Police or his designee shall have recourse to Collector business,has more than five every remedy provided by law to secure entry, violations of these regulations, any including an administrative search warrant or State or Federal law, or any combina- a criminal search warrant. tion thereof within a two-year period, including the two years prior to the B. Authority to inspect Secondhand Dealer application date. or Secondhand Collector premises under this regulation is in addition to and not in 8) The Secondhand Dealer or limitation of the authority the town or the Secondhand Collector business, the Chief of Police or any police officer of applicant or any person who in part or any jurisdiction would otherwise have to whole,owns,manages or operates the enter the business premises. Secondhand Dealer or Secondhand Collector business has been con- C. Once allowed to enter the premises of the victed of any law of the Secondhand Dealer or Secondhand Commonwealth of Massachusetts Collector, the Chief of Police or his that is contrary to the type of second- designee may inspect property kept there. hand business to be conducted such The Chief of Police or his designee may as, but not limited to: Receiving also inspect the business records associ- stolen property, any form of breaking ated with regulated property and perform and entering, Larceny's from a per- any duty imposed upon the town or Chief son, or any other form of larceny, or of Police by this regulation. any form of aggravated assault, as verified by a CORI by the Chief of §104.4 Record Keeping: Police or his designee. A. The Chief of Police or his designee shall 9) Such other grounds as the Authority prepare a purchase report form and make determines to be in the public interest copies available to all Secondhand or in violation of the conditions of the Dealers or Secondhand Collectors. license per any law or regulation of Secondhand Dealers or Secondhand the commonwealth or the Town of Collectors shall utilize these forms,or any Mashpee. other substantially similar form approved by the Chief of Police, to record pur- §104.3 Inspection of Property and Records: chases of regulated property. The form may request any information reasonably A. Whenever necessary to make an inspec- calculated to help the Chief of Police or tion to enforce the provisions of this ordi- his designee identify the purchaser, the nance, or when the Chief of Police or his seller or the property associated with the designee has reasonable grounds to purchase of regulated property. believe more likely than not that a specific item of regulated property held by a B. Whenever a Secondhand Dealers or Secondhand Dealer or Secondhand Secondhand Collectors purchases regu- Collector is associated with criminal con- lated property for business purposes, the duct, the Chief of Police or his designee Secondhand Dealers or Secondhand may enter the premises of the Secondhand Collectors shall obtain acceptable identi- Dealer or Secondhand Collector at any fication from the seller along with the reasonable time, provided that the seller's current residence address. The 73