§ 6-53-1. License required — "Personâ€� defined.
(a) No person, including a pawnbroker, consignment shop, salvage yard operator, or second-hand
dealer as defined in § 5-21-1, shall engage in the business of buying or receiving for the purpose of selling tools
or electronic equipment, whether or not readily identifiable with a serial number,
to include, but not limited to, generators, powers tools, video game consoles, MP3
players, computers, audio and video equipment, referred to in this chapter as "tools
and electronics or trade-ins and store credits of the aforementioned,� from the general
public for the purpose of reselling the tools and
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§ 6-53-1. License required — "Personâ€� defined.
(a) No person, including a pawnbroker, consignment shop, salvage yard operator, or second-hand
dealer as defined in § 5-21-1, shall engage in the business of buying or receiving for the purpose of selling tools
or electronic equipment, whether or not readily identifiable with a serial number,
to include, but not limited to, generators, powers tools, video game consoles, MP3
players, computers, audio and video equipment, referred to in this chapter as "tools
and electronics or trade-ins and store credits of the aforementioned,� from the general
public for the purpose of reselling the tools and electronics in any condition without
first obtaining a license from the attorney general of the State of Rhode Island ("attorney
general�). The attorney general shall not issue any license to a person who has not
registered a permanent place of business within the state for the purchase or sale
of tools and electronics. The criteria for determining a person's permanent place
of business shall be formulated by the attorney general within ninety (90) days after
passage.
(b) The word "person,� when used in this chapter, shall include individuals, partnerships,
associations, and corporations.