A. Police Examination Or Inspection; Information Confidential:
1. The books, accounts, papers, correspondence, records and property taken, purchased or received shall be open for inspection at any reasonable time to the chief of police or his written designee, without any need of judicial writ or other process. In the course of an examination, any authorized peace officer shall have free access to the office, place of business, files, safes and vaults of the pawnbroker, and shall have the right to make copies of any books, accounts, papers, correspondence and records insofar as they pertain to a business regulated by this chapter.
2. The information obtained in the course of any examination or inspection shall be confidential, except in civil or administrative proceedings conducted by the administrator, or criminal proceedings instituted by the state or unless required to be released under Oklahoma law.
B. Presumption:
1. Acting As Pawnbroker: For the purpose of this chapter, any person who advertises for, solicits or holds himself out as willing to make pawn transactions shall be presumed to be a pawnbroker.
2. Acting As A Secondhand Dealer: For the purpose of this chapter, any person who advertises for, solicits or holds himself out as willing to make secondhand transactions shall be presumed to be a secondhand dealer.
3. Acting As A Scrap Metal Dealer: For the purpose of this chapter, any person who advertises for, solicits or holds himself out as willing to make scrap metal transactions shall be presumed to be a scrap metal dealer.
C. Maintaining Records: Each business governed by this chapter shall preserve or make available the electronic records required by this chapter for each of its transactions for at least four (4) years from the date of the transaction, or two (2) years from the date of the final entry thereon, whichever is later. (Ord. 2013-63, 12-17-2013)