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(A) Application for a pawnbroker’s license shall be made to the city. The application shall state the name of the person, and in case of a firm or corporation, the names of the persons comprising such firm, or the officers and stockholders of such corporation; also the place, street, and number where such business is to be carried on; and such other information as may be deemed pertinent by the licensing officer or the Chief of Police.
(B) At the time of filing the application for a pawnbroker’s license, the applicant shall deposit with the city the fee required for the license.
(Prior Code, § 9-503)
All applications for pawnbrokers’ licenses or renewals thereof shall be referred to the Chief of Police, or his or her authorized representative, for his or her approval. In no case shall a license be issued or renewed by the city when the application has been disapproved by the Chief of Police. An application or renewal which is disapproved by the Chief of Police may be submitted for appeal and final action at the next regular Council meeting if the applicant files a written request for such appeal with the City Clerk within ten days after the Chief renders his or her decision.
(Prior Code, § 9-504)
Before such license is issued, the applicant shall file a bond running to the city conditioned for the faithful performance of all provisions of the ordinances of the city concerning pawnbrokers, which bond must remain in effect during all of the time that the applicant is engaged in such business. This bond shall be in the sum as set in the bond schedule. To such bond shall be attached a justification to the effect that the sureties are residents within the county and each is worth the amount specified in such bond, over and above all just debts and liabilities, and exclusive of property exempt from execution. In lieu of the above-mentioned bond, there will be a surety bond of a company licensed to do business in the state and otherwise acceptable.
(Prior Code, § 9-505)
(A) The license issued herein shall state the name of the person to whom issued, the street and number where such business is located, and other appropriate information. Such license shall entitle the person receiving it to do business at the place so designated in such license.
(Prior Code, § 9-506)
(B) A pawnbroker’s license shall authorize the operation of such business only at the location described in such license.
(Prior Code, § 9-507) Penalty, see § 110.99
No person shall conduct or transact a pawnbroking business or pawnshop in the city unless he or she shall keep posted in a conspicuous place in the business premises a current license certificate therefor relating to pawnbrokers and pawnshops.
(Prior Code, § 9-508) Penalty, see § 110.99
(A) Every pawnbroker or keeper of a pawnshop shall furnish to the pledger a printed receipt clearly showing the amount loaned with a specific detailed description of the pledged property pawned or received, date or receipt thereof, time and date of redemption and the name of the pledger. The pawnbroker shall affix to each article or thing a copy of the pawn ticket given to the pledger. All pawn tickets shall be inscribed with a number, of legible characters, and all numbers shall correspond and shall be entered in the records required herein to be kept.
(Prior Code, § 9-509)
(B) Every pawnbroker shall prepare and deliver to the pledger at the time a separate pawn ticket for each and every item pledged with the information thereon as prescribed herein.
(Prior Code, § 9-510)
(A) Every pawnbroker shall keep records on forms approved by the Police Department, upon which shall be entered and legibly written in ink, in the English language, at the time of each loan, receipt, or purchase of personal property, an accurate account and complete description, to include:
(1) Model and serial numbers as well as any identifying marks, of the goods, articles, or things pawned, purchased, or received;
(2) The number of the pawn ticket given to the pledger;
(3) The time and date redeemable;
(4) The time and date of pawning, receiving, or purchasing such goods, articles, or things;
(5) The name, residence, age, sex, and race of the pledger or seller; and
(6) Such other information as might be required by the Chief of Police.
(B) No entry on the forms shall be erased, obliterated, or defaced. The records, as well as every article or thing pawned, pledged, or deposited, or purchased, shall be open to the inspection of any police officer of the city.
(Prior Code, § 9-511) Penalty, see § 110.99
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