§ 12-65. Record of transactions—Required contents.
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Every person engaged in the business of pawnbroker, pawnshop or secondhand dealer
shall keep and maintain a complete and true register or book of all transactions involving
the pawn, pledge, exchange or purchase of jewelry composed of precious metals or gems,
cameras, radios, stereo equipment, televisions, coins exceeding face value, precious
metals, handguns, musical instruments, or silverware. Such register or book shall
include a description of the item pledged or sold to them, giving where the same is
available, the name or the make and the serial number of such article, and further,
accurately and fully describing such property, with the kind and material of which
it is made. There shall be entered in such register or book the date of the transaction,
the name, address, age, and physical description of the person by whom each article
was pledged or sold, together with the person's driver's license number, social security
number, or taxpayer's identification number, as the case may be. These entries shall
be made as soon after any transaction as possible, in no event allowing more than
24 hours to elapse after such transaction before making the above required entry concerning
the same. The books or records and the articles themselves so pledged, pawned or sold
shall be subject to inspection and examination by any law enforcement officer of the
county or city.
