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(a) In addition to the requirements of State statutes referred to in this article, every person licensed under said sections shall require that the person from whom goods or a pledge is purchased or pawned give:
(1) His name;
(2) Address;
(3) Place of employment, if any;
(4) General description; and
(5) Legible fully rolled thumbprint. If either thumb is amputated, mutilated or disfigured so that a legible rolled classified print cannot be obtained, then the legible rolled classified print of the finger next to the thumb will be accepted, but must be designated on the report. However, any person with a fixed place of business within Genesee County for a period in excess of six months, or his agent, is not required to give a thumbprint as stated above, when the material or goods involved is a used motor vehicle acquired for the purposes of wrecking or salvaging therefrom.
(b) Aluminum siding.
(1) Every person licensed under this article shall also require that the person from whom aluminum siding is purchased or pawned first present his City of Flint permit from the Building and Safety Inspections Division, showing that removal of the siding was authorized. No siding may be purchased or pawned from persons not in possession of a valid permit.
(2) Every person licensed under this article shall also maintain a record showing the permit number, date of issuance, and date of purchase of aluminum siding.
(Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985; Ord. 3065, passed 7-11-1988; Ord. 3576, passed 6-30-2004; Ord. 3764, passed 3-8-2010)
It shall be unlawful for any person licensed under the provisions of MCLA §§ 446.201 et seq., or this ordinance to transact any business as such pawnbroker, or to open, or keep open the place or room where the pawnbroker’s business shall be conducted, on the first day of the week commonly called Sunday.
(Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985; Ord. 3577, passed 6-30-2004)
All items taken in pawn shall have remained in possession of the pawnbroker for at least ninety (90) days prior to sale. All items taken in pawn shall be stored separate and apart from other items not less than three days.
(Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985; Ord. 3578, passed 6-30-2004)
Every licensee under this article shall provide access to the premises where business is conducted or property is stored, to any police officer, Building Inspector or the Fire Marshal, without warrant, during regular hours of business, or at any time the licensee or his agent are on the premises.
(Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985)
(a) No licensee under this article or employee thereof, shall conceal or misrepresent the identity by removing, concealing, defacing, adding to, substituting or altering the serial number or manufacturer’s number on any motor vehicle, motor, appliance, mechanical device, watch, clock, camera, precision instrument, outboard motor, radio, shotgun or any other article or thing whereon the manufacturer has placed numbers for the purpose of identification. By altering or replacing any part of such article or thing bearing the serial or manufacture’s number with a new or replaced part upon which the proper serial or manufacturer’s number has not been stamped or placed.
(b) No person licensed under this article shall deal in, or possess any motor vehicle, motor, appliance, mechanical device, watch, clock, camera, precision instrument, outboard motor, radio or other article or thing from which the serial numbers have been removed, concealed, defaced, added to, substituted or altered.
(c) In all prosecutions under this section, possession by any dealer, distributor, wholesaler or person, firm, copartnership or corporation in the business of buying and selling of any motor vehicle, motor, appliance, mechanical device, watch, clock, camera, precision instrument, outboard motor, radio, or other article or thing with the manufacturer’s number or identification number removed, concealed, defaced, added to, substituted or altered, shall be prima facie evidence of violation of the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985)
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