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Committee shortens holding period for secondhand dealers to 15 days in compromise with police and retailers
Summary
After conversations with police and local shop owners, the committee amended O-26-012 to set a 15-day holding period for secondhand dealers (pawn brokers remain at 30 days), added documentation requirements, and recommended final passage as amended.
The committee revisited O-26-012, an ordinance tightening rules for pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers, after concerns were raised by the Nashua Police Department and local retailers.
The ordinance sponsor said the revised language would restore much of the earlier code while carving out secondhand dealers for a shorter holding period. "The big pain point for our shop owners here in Nashua is the 30 day holding period," the sponsor said; the amendment would reduce secondhand-dealer holdings to 15 days while preserving reporting and photographic documentation requirements and keeping pawn-broker rules unchanged.
Committee members pressed on implementation details — whether bulk purchases such as boxes of trading cards require item-by-item logs, or whether a photo-based documentation threshold would be acceptable. Several members suggested practical documentation (photos, a few angles) rather than itemizing large collections.
After discussion the committee voted to adopt the sponsor's amendment and then to recommend final passage of O-26-012 as amended. Roll-call votes recorded in the transcript show the amendment and final recommendation both carried in committee.
