No pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, junk dealer or junk collector, or any employee or agent thereof shall receive any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles, whether on deposit, in pawn or pledge, or by purchase or otherwise, from any person under the age of sixteen years, or from any person who is at the time intoxicated, or knowingly take by purchase or otherwise from any servant, employee or apprentice any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles, without first ascertaining that such goods, wares, merchandise or other articles are the property of the person offering to deposit, pawn, pledge or sell the same. For state law as to purchasing junk from minors, see A.R.S. Section 44-1627.
(Prior code § 41.16.080)