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CHAPTER 757
Pawnbrokers
757.01   Definitions; sign required.
757.02   Records; information.
757.03   Daily reports to Police.
757.04   Retention of articles.
757.05   Prohibited pledges; customers.
757.06   License.
757.07   Waiver.
757.08   Exclusion.
757.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Power to regulate - see Ohio R. C. 715. 61
   Pawnbrokers - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4727
   Maximum interest and charges allowed - see Ohio R.C. 4727.06
   Daily report to police department - see Ohio R.C. 4727.09
   Purchase from minor or drunkard prohibited - see Ohio R.C. 4727.10
   Sale of firearms - see GEN. OFF. 549.06, 549.07
757.01 DEFINITIONS; SIGN REQUIRED.
   (a)   Within the meaning of this chapter, "pawnbroker" means any person now or hereafter engaged in the business of lending money on a deposit of pledges of personal property or other valuable thing, other than securities or printed evidence of indebtedness, or in the business of purchasing personal property, or choses in action, or other valuable thing, and selling or agreeing to sell the same back to the seller at a price other than the original price of purchase, or in the business of purchasing personal property such as articles made of-or containing gold, silver, platinum or other precious metal or jewels of any description for the purpose of reducing or smelting them into any form different from their condition or construction when purchased and reselling or marketing the product.
   (b)   A person who is operating as a pawnbroker in the City, shall post in a conspicuous place in or upon his shop, store, wagon, boat, motor vehicle or other place of business, a sign having his name and occupation legibly inscribed thereon. Such person shall also post in the same place his license certificate and a copy of this entire chapter.
(Ord. 83-81. Passed 10-12-81.)
757.02 RECORDS; INFORMATION.
   (a)   The Reynoldsburg Division of Police shall enter into a contract for services and maintain its contract for services with LeadsOnline or a similar entity in order to enhance its investigative services to protect both pawnbrokers and members of the general public. Every pawnbroker shall operate and maintain a computer system with internet access for the purposes described herein. Every pawnbroker shall subscribe to LeadsOnline or the City's current electronic reporting system and maintain said subscription throughout the term of the pawnbroker's business license. Every pawnbroker shall provide an electronic record utilizing the LeadsOnline electronic reporting system or the electronic system then in use by the City. Such report shall enter and upload all information from its books and records regarding contracts for purchase, pledges and purchase transactions to LeadsOnline or a similar system as soon as reasonably possible after the transaction is consummated. Every pawnbroker shall input information to every data field supported by the LeadsOnline system. In the event the electronic reporting system malfunctions or is otherwise not operational, the pawnbroker shall, at all times during such malfunction or non-operation, be required to keep written records of any and all transactions that would have otherwise been entered in the electronic reporting system and shall submit such records to the Reynoldsburg Division of Police within twenty-four hours of such transaction during the non-operational period. The written records shall contain all information required on the electronic reporting system. Each pawn ticket issued shall be numbered consecutively to conform to the ticket. If any article that is left on deposit, pledged or purchased has engraved thereon a number, word or initials or contains settings of any kind, the description of the article in the report shall contain the number, word or initials engraved and shall describe the setting of the item and the number of each kind. In the event of a change to its electronic reporting system, the City shall notify all pawnbrokers in the City of the change within a reasonable time prior to such change.
   (b)   No item shall be received unless the person from whom the article is acquired exhibits a driver's license or state-issued identification card and the identifying numbers are recorded on the electronic report. Whenever the dealer has reason to know or believe the pledgor or seller is under eighteen years of age, he must require that person to produce sufficient articles of identification to establish his age.
   (c)   All books or records which are required to be maintained as a result of this section shall be open to inspection by the Mayor or his designee, immediately at anytime during hours of operation. Upon demand by the Mayor or his designee, the pawnbroker shall also produce and show the articles thus listed and described.
(Ord. 83-81. Passed 10-12-81; Ord. 33-10. Passed 5-10-10.)
757.03 DAILY REPORTS TO POLICE.
   (a)   A person licensed as a pawnbroker shall, furnish a list of every article taken in pawn or bought by such pawnbrokers the previous day by uploading such list to the LeadsOnline program via a secure internet connection.
   (b)   A person licensed as a pawnbroker shall, every day furnish a photograph of every article of jewelry, precious metal or stone, regardless of value, taken in pawn or bought by such pawnbrokers the previous day by uploading the photograph to the LeadsOnline program via a secure internet connection.
(Ord. 83-81. Passed 10-12-81; Ord. 23-03. Passed 4-14-03; Ord. 33-10. Passed 5-10-10.)
757.04 RETENTION OF ARTICLES.
   (a)   All articles as provided in this chapter shall be retained by the purchaser thereof for at least seven days, before disposing of them, in an accessible place, in the confines where such articles were purchased or received. No article may be changed, altered, smelted or defaced during this period. Articles may be released prior to seven days, upon inspection and approval by the Chief of Police or any police officer designated by him. The seven-day waiting period may be waived by an authorized person after inspection or voluntary submittal of records to an authorized City Law Enforcement officer. (Ord. 83-81. Passed 10-12-81.)
   (b)   If any City Law Enforcement Officer has probable cause to believe that the item(s) described in the daily list provided for under this chapter is stolen property, the City Law Enforcement Officer shall notify the pawnbroker in writing, and upon receipt of such notice, the pawnbroker shall retain such item(s) until the expiration of a reasonable period of time to conduct an investigation has elapsed, such time shall not be less than thirty days after the day on which the pawnbroker is first required to make available the information required in the daily list provided for under this chapter, unless the City Law Enforcement Officer notifies the pawnbroker in writing that retention is not required until such expiration.
(Ord. 33-10. Passed 5-10-10.)
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