A. Registers Required; Contents: Every pawnbroker shall keep at his place of business required registers in which he shall enter in writing the following:
1. A minute description of all property taken, purchased or received by him;
2. Any serial or other identification number that may be in or upon any article, if reasonably available;
3. The name, address, sex, social security, driver's license or other identification number, race, age, height, weight, color of hair and eyes, the signature of the person pawning, selling, mortgaging, hypothecating, or leaving the goods, chattels or merchandise, date, and time of transaction;
4. The amount loaned, the finance charges, and the time when the loan falls due.
B. Entry Procedure: The pawnbroker shall make such entry within one hour after the receipt of purchase of such property. Every entry shall be made in ink and shall not in any manner be obliterated or erased. Separate registers shall be maintained for pawned and purchased property.
C. Receipt Of Property: The pawnbroker shall give a receipt to the person negotiating or leaving the property; the receipt shall, in numerical sequence, be legible, and shall contain a full and perfect copy of all the entries required by law to be kept in the registers. No charge shall be made for the receipt.
D. Police Report:
1. Any pawnbroker shall make available a copy or report within three (3) days of any pawn/buy transaction to the local law enforcement agency of the municipality in which the pawnshop is located. The copy or report shall include: a) name and address of the pawnshop; b) name, address, weight, height, date of birth and identification number of the seller as verified by either a state issued identification card, driver's license or federal government issued identification card or by readable fingerprint of right or left index finger on the back of the pawn or buy transaction copy to be retained for the pawnbroker's record; c) pawn/buy transaction number; d) date of transaction; e) manufacturer of item; f) description of item; and g) serial number and model number and any other identifying markings.
2. The pawnbroker shall obtain a written declaration of ownership from the seller or pledgor on all buy and pawn transactions. The seller or pledgor shall be required to state how long he has owned the property described in the transaction. The declaration of ownership shall appear on the bill of sale or pawn ticket to be completed by the seller or pledgor at the time of transaction.
E. Purchases From Wholesalers And Manufacturers: No person shall be required to furnish a description of any property purchased from manufacturers or wholesale dealers having an established place of business, or of any goods purchased from any bankrupt stock, or from any other person having an established place of business. Such goods shall be accompanied by a bill of sale or other evidence of open and legitimate purchase; the bill shall be shown to any officer upon demand. (Ord. 693 §1, 1990: Ord. 660 §1, 1987: Ord. 519 §5, 1981)