(A) Every pawnbroker, jeweler or person doing business as such in the city, or who may hereafter engage in that business, and every dealer in any character or type second hand goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever, shall keep a record book in which he or she shall make accurate daily entries of any articles sold to or purchased by him or her in the course of his or her business, with a description of those articles. He or she shall affix a number to each article so received by him or her, and shall make an entry of the number in the record book. He or she shall also make a record in the book of the name and address and birth date of the person from whom he or she received the article, along with the person's description or the distinctive number from that person's driver license or military identification. He or she shall record the date of the transaction of purchase and of disposition, together with a description or identification of the goods sold to the pawnbroker, including serial numbers, if available. He or she shall also make an entry in the book of the disposition made by him or her of the article, and, if sold, he or she shall state to whom sold and the price received therefor. The record books required to be kept by this section shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Chief of Police, or his or her agent without need of judicial writ or other process; and it shall be the duty of the persons required to keep the record books to exhibit the record books to any such officer for inspection whenever demanded.
(B) No pawnbroker, jeweler or person doing business as such in the city, or who may hereafter engage in that business and no dealer in any character of second hand goods, wares of merchandise shall have any business dealing with a person less than 18 years of age, except with the written consent of the parent or guardian of the minor in each particular transaction. The written consent shall be sworn to before and notarized by a notary public in and for Atascosa County and shall be retained by the pawnbroker for a period of one year from date of transaction.
(C) It shall be the duty of every pawnbroker, jeweler or person doing business as such in the city, or who may hereafter engage in the business, and every dealer in any character or type of second hand goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever, to report to the police any article pledged or sold to him or her, or which is sought to be pledged or sold to him or her, if he or she shall have reason to believe that the article was stolen or lost, and found by the person attempting to sell it in the case of a lost article.
(D) It shall be unlawful to do or perform any act prohibited by this section and it shall be unlawful to fail to do or perform any act required in this section. Upon conviction, any violation hereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $200.
(Ord. 1002, passed 6-19-1989)