Title 43, Chapter 49, Section 2
( 43-49-2)
A watch shall be deemed to be secondhand if: (1) As a whole or the case thereof or the movement thereof it has
been previously sold to or acquired by any person who bought or
acquired the same for his use or the use of another, but not for
resale; provided, however, that a watch which has been so sold or
acquired and is thereafter returned, either through exchange or
for credit, within 30 days to the original individual, firm,
partnership, association, or corporation who sold or passed title
to such watch shall not be deemed to be a secondhand watch if such
vendor shall keep a written or printed record setting forth the
name of the purchaser thereof, the date of the sale or transfer
thereof, and the serial number if any, or the case movement and
any other distinguishing numbers or identification marks, which
record shall be kept for at least two and one-half years from the
date of such sale or transfer and shall be open for inspection
during all business hours by the appropriate prosecuting attorney
of the county in which such vendor is engaged in business, or his
duly authorized representative is engaged; (2) Its case serial numbers or movement numbers or other
distinguishing numbers or identification marks shall be erased,
defaced, removed, altered, or covered; or (3) Its movements are more than five years old and it has been
repaired by any person or persons, including the vendor,
notwithstanding that it may have been returned either through an
exchange or for credit to the original vendor. Cleaning and oiling
a watch movement or recasing the movement in a new case shall not
be deemed a watch repair. |