(a) All reports required by section 7-98 shall be written or printed entirely in the English language on forms provided by the chief of police in a clear and legible manner and shall be delivered to the chief of police by electronic means as approved by the chief of police. The fingerprint required by section 7-99 shall be affixed in the manner described on the form. All such reports shall be delivered within two (2) business days after the receipt of an item through a reportable transaction or transaction. Such reports may be submitted to the chief by electronic means as determined by the chief.
(b) Each transaction report shall include no more than three (3) items. For the purposes of this subsection, multiple nonserialized items of the same type (e.g. rings) that are delivered in a single transaction and that have no owner assigned numbers, engravings, inscriptions, monograms or other unique identifying characteristics, may be considered as one item on the report (e.g. "six (6) silver rings").
(c) Each pawnbroker and secondhand dealer shall pay to the city a fee in the amount of one dollar ($1.00) for each report required to be prepared pursuant to A.R.S. § 44-1625(A) and section 7-98. This fee shall be due and payable to the city on the 20th day of April, July, October, and January and shall be based on the number of reports submitted to the city during each quarter.
(Ord. No. 4716, § 5, 11-28-77; Ord. No. 9587, § 4, 8-6-01; Ord. No. 10790, § 1, 5-18-10, eff. 7-1-10)
Editors Note: Ord. No. 4716, § 1, adopted Nov. 28, 1977, specifically amended the Code by repealing former §§ 7-100--7-106, which had pertained to reports, records of transactions, dealing with minors, doubtful ownership, and violation. The sections had been derived from the 1953 Code, ch. 19, §§ 4--10, and Ord. No. 2819, § 2, adopted Oct. 11, 1965. §§ 5--8 of Ord. No. 4716 added new §§ 7-100--7-103 as herein set out.