Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1877 – Records required
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1877
- Antique dealer: means any owner of an antique shop, or agent of the antique shop, and any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, trading in, or otherwise acquiring, disposing or exhibiting antiques, including but not limited to antique property, such as antique jewelry, antique silverware, antique pictures and paintings, antique objects of art, cemetery artifacts, used building components, antique furniture, antique collectibles and other such antique property. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1871
- Cemetery artifact: means any object produced or shaped by human workmanship or tools, including ornaments of archaeological, historical, cultural, or sentimental significance or interest, which may be used to memorialize the dead and shall include but not be limited to all cemetery items, objects, and properties, including but not limited to any type of religious or sentimental addition or adornment, inside or outside of a tomb, gravesite, plot, mausoleum, vault or interment location, whether placed privately or by assignment, regardless of monetary worth, age, size, shape or condition, including but not limited to statues, bricks, signage, plaques, tablets, urns, pots, planters, benches, chairs, crosses or other religious symbols, vases, gates, fences, or any portions thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1871
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- lot of used building components: shall mean a group of like used building components. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1871
- used building component: shall mean any object produced or shaped by human workmanship or tools that is an element of structural, architectural, archaeological, historical, ornamental, cultural, utilitarian, decorative, or sentimental significance or interest, which has been and may be used as an adjunct to or component or ornament of any building or structure, regardless of monetary worth, age, size, shape or condition, that is immovable property or fixture, including but not limited to bricks, siding, gutters, downspouts, lightning rods, chimney roofs, lights, chandeliers, stoves, tubs, sinks, faucets, faucet handles, toilets, bidets, showers, fans, furnaces, air conditioners, water heaters, sprinkling systems, shelving, countertops, cabinets, built-in speakers, shutters, trim, rafters, roof tiles, roofing, studs, foundation, barge boards, paneling, stairs, risers, banisters, wiring, plumbing, hinges, door latches, door knobs, medallions, mantles, flooring, carpet, tiles, molding, wainscoting, pavers, doors, windows, sills, transoms, joists, mailboxes, signage, fountains, decking, gates, fences, planters, landscaping, plantings or portions thereof, or component parts of immovable property of any nature or kind whatsoever. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1871
Every antique dealer shall be required to maintain a record, setting forth each purchase of any object which meets the definition of a cemetery artifact or used building component, when the value of any single piece of such merchandise, any lot of used building components or article received shall be twenty-five dollars or more for each single transaction. The price at which a piece of such merchandise is offered for sale by an antique dealer shall be considered prima facie evidence of the value of the piece of such merchandise. Each cemetery artifact purchased shall be recorded at the time of each transaction, and such record shall contain an accurate detailed description in the English language of the merchandise or article received as set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 37:1874(B)(13), along with the amount paid therefor. This record shall be kept for a minimum period of three years. Copies of the reports as set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 37:1874 will satisfy the records requirement.
Acts 1999, No. 218, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1184, §1, eff. July 3, 2003.