A municipality may: A. regulate, tax or license secondhand dealers and junk store dealers or any person who accepts used merchandise for value; B. prohibit their purchasing any article from a minor without the written consent of the parent or guardian; and C. require that a record of purchases be kept and be subject at all times to inspection by the police. History: 1953 Comp., § 14-17-20, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300. Cross references. — For junk dealers, see 57-7-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. Regulation of pawnbrokers. — City had authority to enact ordinances under its general welfare power and its police power and it had authority to regulate pawnbrokers under those powers. City of Hobbs v. Biswell , 1970-NMCA-086, 81 N.M. 778, 473 P.2d 917, cert. denied, 81 N.M. 772, 473 P.2d 911. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Junk dealers, regulation of, 30 A.L.R. 1427, 45 A.L.R.2d 1391.
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