(A) License. No person shall operate the business of a pawnbroker without a license therefor. The fee shall be as set forth in § 110.13.
(B) Application. Applications for a pawnbroker’s license shall state thereon the name of the applicant; the place of business; and the number of employees intended to be engaged in such business. The Chief of Police or any other police officer shall investigate each applicant for such license and shall report back whether or not such applicant is a person of good character. No license shall be issued to a person who has been convicted of the offense of receiving stolen goods or of burglary or robbery.
(C) Record of transactions. A pawnbroker shall keep a record of every article pledged with him or sold to him, and this record shall be open to the inspection of any police officer at any time during business hours.
(D) Minors. No pawnbroker’s license shall be issued to any person who is not 21 years of age or over, and no pawnbroker shall employ a person of less than 21 years of age to assist him in his business. No pawnbroker shall have any business dealings as a pawnbroker with any person less than 21 years of age, except with the written consent of the parent or guardian of the minor to each particular transaction.
(E) Acting as secondhand dealer. No pawnbroker shall conduct the business of a secondhand dealer.
(1997 Code, § 32.23)