§ 117.011 PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS GENERALLY.
   (A)   No pawnbroker shall purchase or take or receive any pledge or purchase any article or any thing from a minor.
   (B)   No pawnbroker shall receive any pledge or purchase any article from any person who is known by him or her to be a thief or associate of a thief or receiver or stolen property or from any person whom he or she has reason to suspect or believe to be any of the foregoing.
   (C)   No pawnbroker shall purchase personal property or any other valuable thing agreeing to sell the same back to the seller at a price other than the original purchase price, at a total charge rate of interest, discount, or other remuneration in excess of the rate permitted by law.
   (D)   No pawnbroker shall permit any person under the age of 16 to take pledges in pawn for him or her or to purchase secondhand articles for him or her.
   (E)   No pawnbroker shall take or receive any article or thing of value in pawn or pledge from any person who is intoxicated at the time of offering the article in pawn or pledge.
(Prior Code, § 120.042) Penalty, see § 117.999