As a resident of Louisiana, I am not thrilled with this law. But, our legislators have come up with worse and have wasted their time arguing about tons of things instead of fixing actual problems. If you read the actual law carefully, you will see that it says that a "second-hand dealer" may not pay a person with cash to buy an item from them. So, garage sales would be exempt since you are selling your own items to another person. You would fall into this if you buy items from people to then sell in your garage sale. You would have to pay by check and record/report the transaction for what you buy to sell in your garage sale. This law mainly came about because we had a rash of A/C compressors stolen from people's yards and the copper taken to scrap yards and sold for cash.
And I am waiting for someone to challenge this to see the outcome. And, no, I am not an attorney - just a lifelong Louisiana resident who has laughed and cried at what our Legislature spends its time and my taxdollars on! :0)
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Re: cash for secondhand items?
As a resident of Louisiana, I am not thrilled with this law. But, our legislators have come up with worse and have wasted their time arguing about tons of things instead of fixing actual problems. If you read the actual law carefully, you will see that it says that a "second-hand dealer" may not pay a person with cash to buy an item from them. So, garage sales would be exempt since you are selling your own items to another person. You would fall into this if you buy items from people to then sell in your garage sale. You would have to pay by check and record/report the transaction for what you buy to sell in your garage sale. This law mainly came about because we had a rash of A/C compressors stolen from people's yards and the copper taken to scrap yards and sold for cash.
And I am waiting for someone to challenge this to see the outcome. And, no, I am not an attorney - just a lifelong Louisiana resident who has laughed and cried at what our Legislature spends its time and my taxdollars on! :0)