(A) Every pawnbroker shall keep a standard record book that has been approved by the County Sheriff. At the time of each and every loan or taking of a pledge, an accurate account and description, in the English language, of all the goods, articles and other things pawned or pledged, the amount of money, value or thing loaned thereon, the time of pledging the same, the rate of interest to be paid on such loan, and the name and residence of the person making such pawn or pledge shall be printed, typed or written in ink in the record book. Such entry shall include the serial number or identification number of items received which bear such number. Except for items purchased from dealers possessing a federal employee identification number who have provided a receipt to the pawnbroker, every pawnbroker shall also record in his or her book, an accurate account and description, in the English language, of all goods, articles and other things purchased or received for the purpose of resale or loan collateral by the pawnbroker from any source, not in the course of a pledge or loan, the time of such purchase or receipt and the name and address of the person or business which sold or delivered such goods, articles or other things to the pawnbroker. No entry in such book shall be erased, mutilated or changed. Every pawnbroker shall require identification to be shown him by each person pledging or pawning any goods, articles or other things to the pawnbroker. If the identification shown is a driver’s license or a state identification card issued by the Secretary of State and contains a photograph of the person being identified, only one form of identification must be shown. If the identification shown is not a driver’s license or a state identification card issued by the Secretary of State and does not contain a photograph, two forms of identification must be shown and one of the two forms of identification must include his or her residence address. These forms of identification shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following: driver’s license, Social Security card, utility bill, employee or student identification card, credit card or a civic, union or professional association membership card.
(B) Records maintained by pawnbrokers shall be confidential, and no disclosure of pawnbroker records shall be made except disclosures authorized by this subchapter or ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. No record transferred to the city shall be improperly disclosed; provided that, use of those records as evidence of a felony or misdemeanor shall be a proper purpose. The required records, as well as every article or other thing of value so pawned or pledged, shall at all times be open to the inspection of the City Police Department. Furthermore, the required records and pawn tickets shall be maintained for a period of three years after the date on which the record or ticket was prepared. It shall be the duty of every pawnbroker to report to the police any article pledged with him or her or which is sought to be pledged with him or her if he or she shall have the reason to believe that the article was stolen or lost and found by the person attempting to pledge it in the case of a lost article.
(1960 Code, § 7-2-2) (Ord. 5385, passed 3-8-1995; Ord. 7216, passed 1-5-2009; Ord. 7752, passed 3-3-2014) Penalty, see § 113.999