A. Every pawnbroker shall keep books or records of pawn tickets in a manner satisfactory to the chief of police or Custer County sheriff, where he shall accurately enter, at the time of purchasing or receiving any personal property and after requiring and observing identification from the person seeking to pawn the property, a record of the following information:
1. The name of the person from whom the property is purchased or received, his place of residence, and his date of birth;
2. A detailed and accurate description of each article which shall include, if available, the manufacturer's name, style, model number, engraved initials or other identifying marks;
3. The date and time of transaction;
4. The amount necessary for redemption;
5. The date when the article is to be redeemed;
6. Any mortgage or bill of sale taken, or receipt of pawn ticket given;
7. The rate of interest being charged;
8. The pawnbroker is required to obtain the persons driver's license number and the state of issuance or, if available, the identifying number from at least one form of government-issued identification.
B. Every pawnbroker shall also record the date of disposition or redemption from pawn of said article or any part or portion thereof. Said disposition report shall be located in the same book and at the same place where the receiving records of said article are located.
C. Any person who fails to keep such records or fails to make the required entries therein, or shall intentionally or knowingly make any false or unintelligible entry, or any entry which he has reason to believe is untrue, or who shall fail to make the inquiries necessary to enable him to make such entries for any of them, or who shall fail to produce his records when requested by a city police officer or deputy sheriff during reasonable business hours, or who shall destroy or wilfully permit such records to be destroyed or lost, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
D. The records required by this section shall be maintained for one year after the date of purchase or receipt and shall be made available for inspection to city police officers or deputy sheriffs during reasonable business hours. (Ord. 344 § 5, 1990)