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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer shall utilize the City’s electronic pawn reporting system to make an electronic report and the report shall be a full, true, and complete report of all goods, wares, merchandise, or things received on deposit, pledged, or purchased, whether or not the property is new or used. The report shall show the hour of the day when the article was received on deposit, pledged, or purchased, and the number of the pawn ticket, amount loaned, amount purchased, a complete description of each article left on deposit, pledged or purchased and the name and address of the person from whom the article was acquired. No item shall be received unless the person from whom the article is acquired exhibits a driver’s license or state-issued ID card and the identifying number is recorded on the report. Each pawn ticket issued shall be numbered consecutively, and if stubs are used in connection with the pawn ticket, each stub shall be numbered consecutively to conform to the ticket. If any article so left on deposit, pledged, or purchased has engraved thereon a number, word, or initial, or contains settings of any kind, the description of the article in the report shall contain the number, word, or initial and shall show the kind of settings and the number of each kind. The electronic pawn reporting system will provide for an upload of a complete electronic report described in this section. Each pawnbroker and secondhand dealer shall, within 24 hours, provide an electronic upload to the pawn reporting system of all transactions that occurred during that business day.

(2) No secondhand dealer shall be subject to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section or Section 8.170 for the following types of property:

(a) Property purchased from manufacturers or wholesale dealers having an established place of business;

(b) Property purchased in the open market or secured from a person doing business and having an established place of business in the City, but such property shall be accompanied by a bill of sale or other evidence of legitimate purchase and must be shown to the Chief of Police or a member of the Police Department upon written order of the Chief of Police;

(c) Used clothing;

(d) Preowned children’s merchandise, including but not limited to toys, strollers and baby carriers;

(e) New clothing with a retail value of less than $20.00.

[Amd. Sec. 2, Ord. No. 2004-104, Jun. 3, 2004; Amd. Sec. 3, Ord. No. 2005-285, Dec. 15, 2005; Amd. Sec. 2, Ord. No. 2014-159, Dec. 18, 2014 (effective Mar. 22, 2015); Amd. Sec. 2, Ord. No. 2015-83, Aug. 20, 2015; Amd. Exh. A, Ord. No. 2021-127, Oct. 21, 2021.]