(A) Upon receipt of an applicant’s fully completed county petition for pawn broker permit, the Sheriff shall conduct an investigation of any and all person(s) applying for a pawnbroker license/permit and it shall be a precondition of a pawnbroker license/permit being issued that an applicant therefor shall, upon request, provide fingerprints and all other necessary personal identifying information including a birth certificate, Social Security, and driver’s license or state or federal identification card, if available. If a driver’s license or state or federal identification card is unavailable, the applicant may be required to produce a passport or military identification. Such personal identifying information shall be used by the Sheriff to make a thorough search of local and statewide criminal records to determine if the applicant has a history of criminal convictions by use of the Division of Criminal Information Network (DCI).
(B) The Sheriff shall provide the findings from the use of the DCI to the County Manager or designee, provided that all necessary agreements with the state’s Bureau of Investigations Division of Criminal Information have been executed.
(C) A pawnbroker license/permit may be denied to those persons convicted of any crime against a person, or crimes against property where intent is an element, or any drug or gambling related offense.
(D) An evaluation of any crime for the purposes of issuing a pawnbroker license/permit will take into account the nature and the circumstances of the offense and the time frame of the offense as it relates to the pawnbroker license.
(E) Prior to denial or termination of a pawnbroker license/permit based upon criminal history record information (CHRI) received from the Sheriff, the County Manager or his or her designee shall verify the existence of the record by either obtaining a certified public record or by submitting a fingerprint card of the individual to the criminal information and identification section for verification that the CHRI record belongs to the individual.
(Ord. passed 6-1-2015)