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(a) Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 91A-11, every person, their guests or employees, who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this article shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined a sum not to exceed $500.00 for each offense, and at the discretion of the court, may be imprisoned for a period of time not to exceed six months. If the violation is by an owner or major stockholder or managing partner of the pawnshop and the violation is knowingly committed by the owner, major stockholder or managing partner of the pawnshop, the license of the pawnshop may be suspended at the discretion of the court.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to violations of section 9-12(6), which shall be prosecuted under the state criminal statutes.
(c) In addition to the penalties set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, violation of any of the provisions of this article shall also result in revocation of the license.
(d) Any contract of pawn, the making or collecting of which violates any provision of this article, except as a result of accidental or bona fide error of computation, shall be void, and the licensee shall have no right to collect, receive or retain any interest or fee whatsoever with respect to such pawn.
(Code 1965, § 18-15; Ord. No. 1888, § 2(18A-9), 2-12-91; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
Secs. 9-208—9-220. Reserved.
DIVISION 2. LICENSE
It is unlawful for any person to establish or conduct a business of pawnbroker unless such a person has procured a license to conduct business in compliance with the requirements of this article. The license required by this article is in addition to the privilege license required in this chapter. The application fee for the license required shall be as established by the city's Fees and Charges Manual.
(Ord. No. 1888, § 2(18A-3), 2-12-91; Ord. No. 2242, § 8, 9-26-95)
(a) To be eligible for a pawnbroker's license, an applicant must:
(1) Be of good moral character; and
(2) Not have been convicted of a felony within the last ten years.
(b) In order to establish evidence of good moral character, an applicant shall, among other things, provide references from two or more local citizens. In addition, the applicant shall not have been convicted of a misdemeanor which is related to offenses against property, including but not limited to misdemeanor offenses of larceny and receiving stolen goods. In order to determine whether or not the applicant has been convicted of a felony within the last ten years, a criminal record check from the clerk of court of every county where the applicant has resided during the past ten years shall be made.
(Ord. No. 1888, § 2(18A-4(a)), 2-12-91)
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