§ 6.52.080. Recordkeeping of all transactions - Permanent record required.

Every person managing, maintaining or conducting the business of pawnbroker or secondhand dealer in the city shall keep at the place of business:

A.

A permanent, bound book containing a record in which a description of such article received or delivered in such transaction sufficient to identify the same, including all particular or prominent marks or identification that may be found on such property. Said record shall be legibly printed in the English language, in ink, at the time of every purchase, exchange, pledge, pawn or other transfer or possession of any article, or loan thereon, and shall contain the name, age, sex, residence and accurate description of the person from whom received, the amount of money paid or received in such transaction, and the date and hour of the transaction; or

B.

A hard copy computer printout containing the same information as required in subsection A, above, may be substituted for the permanent bound book. The printout shall be preserved in chronological order by date or transaction number.

C.

Such records shall be maintained for a period of not less than three (3) years.

(Prior code § 6707.7; Ord. 21866.)