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Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 538
SECONDHAND DEALERS AND SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS
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F.S. 538.35
538.35 Holding period.—
(1) The dealer may not sell, barter, exchange, alter, adulterate, use, or in any way dispose of any goods purchased from a seller within 10 calendar days after the date payment is issued for acquisition of the goods.
(2) Records of the sale, purchase, consignment, or trade of precious metals or jewelry must be maintained by the business for at least 2 years after the date of the transaction.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2009-158; s. 3, ch. 2009-162.