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16-10-1 - License Required.#
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate the business of pawnbroker without having first obtained a license therefor. No pawnbroker's license shall be issued to any person who is not eighteen (18) years of age or over; and no pawnbroker shall employ a person of less than eighteen (18) years of age to assist in the business.
(Ord. 21-07-03, 7/15/2021)
16-10-2 - Application.#
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Application for pawnbroker's license shall be made to the License Officer and shall state the name thereon, the name of the applicant; the place of business; and the number of employees intended to be engaged.
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Each application must be accompanied by a performance guarantee of a one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) cash deposit in the name of Kaysville City. If the licensee is found to violate any of the provisions of this Chapter, the performance guarantee will be forfeited and the licensee will be required to re-post a performance guarantee.
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The Chief of Police or any other officer of the City so designated shall investigate each applicant for such license. No license shall be issued to a person who has been convicted of the offense of receiving stolen goods or of burglary or robbery.
16-10-3 - Fees.#
The annual fee for a pawnbroker's license shall be set forth from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
16-10-4 - Records.#
It shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker to fail to keep a book in which shall be clearly written in ink, in English language, at the time of each loan, or receipt of personal property, an accurate account and description of the goods, article or things pawned or received, the amount of money loaned or advanced thereon, the time, both day and hour, of pawning or receiving such goods, article or thing and the name and residence of the person pawning or delivering the said goods, article or thing; and no entry made in said book shall be erased, obliterated or defaced and the said book, as well as every article or thing pawned, pledged or deposited, shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection of any peace officer.
16-10-5 - Report to Chief of Police.#
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It shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker to fail to make out and deliver to the Chief of Police once each week a legible and accurate copy from the record required to be kept by this Chapter.
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It shall be the duty of every pawnbroker to report to the police any article pledged with them, if the pawnbroker shall have reason to believe that the article was stolen, or lost and found by the person attempting to pledge it in the case of a lost article.
(Ord. 21-07-03, 7/15/2021)
16-10-6 - Restrictions.#
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No pawnbroker shall have any business dealings as a pawnbroker with any person less than eighteen (18) years of age, except with the written consent of the parent or guardian of the minor to each particular transaction.
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It shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker to receive any goods, articles or things in pawn or pledge from a person who is intoxicated.
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No pawnbroker shall receive as a pledge or purchase any illegal weapon and no pawnbroker shall display in his window or shop any such weapon for sale.
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It shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker to receive any goods by way of a pawn or pledge before nine o'clock in the morning or after nine o'clock in the evening, or on Sunday.
16-10-7 - Liability of Principal.#
The holder of a pawnbroker's license is liable for any and all acts of his employees and for any violation by them of any of the provisions of this Chapter.