(A) Every pawnbroker shall keep a register at each place of business in which the pawnbroker shall accurately and intelligently enter, in ink, in the English language, at the time of purchasing or receiving personal property:
(1) The name, Social Security number, birthday, height and weight, sex, telephone number and motor vehicle license plate number of each person from whom property is purchased or received and that person’s place of residence;
(2) A particular, detailed and accurate description of each article, including any serial number, model number or identifiable markings;
(3) The estimated value of each article;
(4) The amount paid, advanced or loaned;
(5) The date and hour of any transactions;
(6) The time when the article is to be redeemed or brought back;
(7) Any mortgage or bill of sale taken, or pawn ticket given;
(8) When or by whom, an article was disposed of, if redeemed; and
(9) When, to whom and how, an article was disposed of, if not redeemed.
(B) The pawnbroker’s license and the register shall, at all times, be open to examination by any police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, county or city attorney.
(C) Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of at least $65 but not to exceed $625, who shall:
(1) Fail to keep such record;
(2) Fail to make the required entries therein;
(3) Intentionally or knowingly make any false or unintelligible entry, or any entry that person has reason to believe untrue;
(4) Failure to make the inquiries necessary to enable that person to make such entries or any of them;
(5) Fail to produce that person’s license or register when requested by any person having authority to examine it; and
(6) Destroy or negligently permit such register to be destroyed or lost.
(2011 Code, § 40.0509) (Ord. 2320, passed 1-3-2018)