Nevada Code § 244.3485

Secondhand dealers: Licensing; fines for certain violations
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1. The board of county commissioners of
each county shall, by ordinance, require each person who wishes to engage in
the business of a secondhand dealer in an unincorporated area of the county to
obtain a license issued by the board before the person engages in the business
of a secondhand dealer.
2. The ordinance must require the
applicant to submit:
(a) An application for a license to the board of
county commissioners in a form prescribed by the board.
(b) With his or her application a complete set of
his or her fingerprints and written permission authorizing the board to forward
those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal
History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.
3. The board of county commissioners shall
not issue a license pursuant to this section to an applicant who has been
convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo
contendere to, a felony involving moral turpitude or related to the
qualifications, functions or duties of a secondhand dealer.
4. The board of county commissioners may:
(a) Establish and collect a fee for the issuance
or renewal of a license;
(b) Establish and collect a fee to cover the
costs of the investigation of an applicant, including a fee to process the
fingerprints of the applicant;
(c) Place conditions, limitations or restrictions
upon the license;
(d) Establish any other requirements necessary to
carry out the provisions of this section; or
(e) Enact an ordinance which covers the same or
similar subject matter included in the provisions of NRS 647.140 and which provides that any
person who violates any provision of that ordinance shall be punished:
(1) For the first offense, by a fine of
not more than $500.
(2) For the second offense, by a fine of
not more than $1,000.
(3) For the third offense, by a fine of
not more than $2,000 and by revocation of the license of the secondhand dealer.
5. As used in this section, secondhand
dealer has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
647.018 .

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