SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR JEWELRY SALES

Oklahoma City Municipal Code ch. 9, art. III

in effect

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 9-51 Compliance.

§ 9-51. - Compliance. No jewelry shall be sold or offered to be sold at any auction sale, except in compliance with this article, the requirements of which shall be in addition to all other requirements of this chapter. (Code 1970, § 9-26; Code 1980, § 9-51)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 9-52 Night auctions prohibited.

§ 9-52. - Night auctions prohibited. No person shall sell, dispose of, or offer to sell at any auction any jewelry, on any days from April 1, until September 30, both inclusive, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., or from October 1, until March 31, both inclusive, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. (Code 1970, § 9-26(a); Code 1980, § 9-52)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 9-53 Labeling or tagging articles.

§ 9-53. - Labeling or tagging articles. (a) No article shall be sold at auction unless there is securely attached thereto a tag, card or label upon which shall be plainly written or printed, in English, a true and correct statement of the kind and quality of the metal of which the article is made or composed and the percentage of carat or purity of the metal. If the article is plated or overlaid, then the label shall contain a true statement of the kind of plate and percentage of purity, and the kind of metal or material covered. If the article is a precious or semiprecious stone, the statement shall contain the true name, weight, quality and fineness thereof. If the article is a watch or clock, the statement shall contain the true name of the manufacturer thereof. If a secondhand or old movement or substitute part or movement of any watch or clock is offered for sale in a new case, such fact shall be set forth in the attached statement. No such articles so sold or for sale shall bear any false or misleading name, description or entry thereon. (b) If the matters and things or any of them required herein to be stated on the tag or label are unknown to the auctioneer, then the tag or label shall (with particularity) state that the characteristics are unknown. (c) The tag, card, or label shall remain securely attached to any article sold or offered for sale and shall be delivered intact and in legible form with each article to the purchaser by the auctioneer. (Code 1970, § 9-26(b); Code 1980, § 9-53)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 9-54 Conduct of sale.

§ 9-54. - Conduct of sale. (a) Before accepting bids upon any article, the auctioneer shall read, in such manner as to be readily heard and understood at any place in the room or area where the auction is being conducted, the description of the article as it appears on the label or tag attached thereto. (b) The auctioneer shall give or cause to be given to each purchaser of an article sold at auction a written invoice containing the selling price thereof, and a statement giving each warranty under which the article was sold. (c) No auctioneer shall make any false or misleading statement concerning the kind, size, quality, condition, make, or other fact pertaining to any article sold or offered for sale. (d) No free drawing shall be conducted, nor gifts distributed, nor any form of entertainment given for the encouragement of attendance at an auction sale of jewelry, or for any other purpose in relation to an auction sale. (e) No sales of articles shall be made other than at or by auction while an auction sale is in progress, or after the auction sale commences on any day until the close of the day's auction sale. (f) If at an auction where jewelry is being sold, other articles are to be sold by auction also, the other articles shall be sold subject to the same regulations as apply to jewelry. (g) Upon request of any person who has bid upon an article offered for sale, the auctioneer shall allow such bidder a reasonable opportunity to examine the article before declaring it to be sold. The bidder may thereafter withdraw his bid at any time before the auctioneer declares the article sold. (h) The owner and auctioneer of jewelry being sold at auction shall permit any police officer, or representative of the Supervisor of Licenses, during regular business hours of the day, to examine any article held for sale, or sold at any time before the article is delivered to the purchaser. (i) No auctioneer or other person shall substitute any other article for the article displayed by the auctioneer at the time of bidding. (Code 1970, § 9-26(c); Code 1980, § 9-54)

Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 9-55 Exemptions.

§ 9-55. - Exemptions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to banks, trust companies, trustees in bankruptcy, or any executor or administrator selling or disposing of jewelry at auction if the sale is being conducted for the purpose of liquidating the assets of a bankrupt, a trust, a debtor, or an estate. This article shall not apply to sales of jewelry by auction at which sales the purchasers are limited to dealers engaged in the business of selling at retail or wholesale jewelry alone, or with other articles of merchandise. (Code 1970, § 9-26(d); Code 1980, § 9-55)

Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH9AUAU_ARTIIISPPRJESAFetched: 10/28/2026