§ 15-131. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:

Chief of police: The Chesterfield County Police Chief or his designee.

Coin: Any piece of gold, silver or other metal fashioned into a prescribed shape, weight and degree of fineness, stamped by authority of a government with certain marks and devices and having a certain fixed value as money.

Dealer: Any person engaged at any location in the county in the business of purchasing precious metals or gems or making loans for which precious metals or gems are received and held as security except: (i) retail merchants personally located within the county when they make purchases directly from manufacturers or wholesalers of precious metals or gems for the retail merchants' inventories and the selling dealer has complied with the provisions of this article, and (ii) refiners of precious metals who make purchases directly from wholesalers, retailers or out-of-state vendors. "Dealer" shall include merchants whose business is itinerant in the county. "Dealer" shall also include employers and principals on whose behalf the purchase or loan was made and all employees and agents who personally make such purchases and loans. When any act is required of a corporation, it shall be considered performed by its president.

Gem: Any item containing or having any precious or semiprecious stones customarily used in jewelry or ornamentation.

Precious metal: Any item except coins containing as part of its composition any gold, silver, platinum, platinum alloys or pewter.

(Code 1978, § 7.01-1; Ord. of 10-28-98, § 1)

Cross reference— Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.

(Code 1978, § 7.01-1; Ord. of 10-28-98, § 1)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.