(A) A pawnbroker and the agents and employees of the pawnbroker shall not:
(1) Make any false entry in the records of pawn transactions or use any pawn ticket not meeting the requirements of this section;
(2) Falsify, obliterate, destroy, or remove from the place of business the records, books, or accounts relating to the licensee’s pawn transactions;
(3) Refuse to allow the appropriate law enforcement agency, the Attorney General, or any other duly authorized state or federal law enforcement officer to inspect the pawn records or any pawn goods in the person’s possession during the ordinary hours of business or other times acceptable to both parties;
(4) Fail to maintain a record of each pawn transaction for three years;
(5) Accept a pledge or purchase property from a person under the age of 18;
(6) Make any agreement requiring the personal liability of a pledger or seller, or waiving any provisions of this section, or providing for a maturity date less than one month after the date of pawn;
(7) Fail to return pledged goods to a pledger or seller, or provide compensation as set forth under state statutes, upon payment of the full amount due the pawnbroker unless either the date of redemption is more than 60 days past the date of the pawn transaction, renewal, or extension and the pawnbroker has legally sold the pledged goods or the pledged goods have been taken into custody by a court or a law enforcement officer or agency;
(8) Sell or lease, or agree to sell or lease, pledged or purchased goods back to the pledger or seller in the same, or a related, transaction;
(9) Sell or otherwise charge for insurance in connection with a pawn transaction;
(10) Sell pledged goods before the time to redeem has expired;
(11) Fail to maintain order in the business;
(12) Keep, possess, or operate, or permit the keeping, possession, or operation, on the licensed premises of dice, slot machines, roulette wheels, punch boards, blackjack tables, or pinball machines which return coins or slugs, chips, or tokens of any kind, which are redeemable in merchandise or cash;
(13) Accept any item of property which contains an altered or obliterated serial number or “operation identification number” or any item of property whose serial number has been removed; or
(14) Accept items of property without the seller or pledger providing a proper form of identification.
(B) No person may pawn, pledge, sell, consign, leave, or deposit any article of property not his or her own; nor shall any person pawn, pledge, sell, consign, leave, or deposit the property of another, whether with permission or without; nor shall any person pawn pledge, sell, consign, leave, or deposit any article of property in which another has a security interest, with any licensee.
(C) No person seeking to pawn, pledge, sell, consign, leave, or deposit any article of property with any licensee; shall give a false or fictitious name nor give a false date of birth; nor give a false or out of date address of residence or telephone number; nor present a false or altered identification, or the identification of another to any licensee.
(Prior Code, § 9.35) Penalty, see § 113.99