Chapter 3.04
PAWNBROKERS, SECONDHAND DEALERS
Sections:
3.04.040 Exemptions to license requirements.
3.04.010 License required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in or conduct, manage or carry on, within the City, the business of pawnbroker or secondhand dealer, without first applying for and receiving a proper license from the City.
3.04.020 Records kept.
Every person dealing in secondhand goods, wares, merchandise or articles of any description, other than furniture and household goods, either as pawnbroker or secondhand dealer, shall keep or cause to be kept at the place of business a well-bound book containing a record of each article pawned, purchased, exchanged or otherwise taken into possession. Such record shall be legibly entered at the time of the transaction and shall show the hour and day when each article was so received, its exact and complete description, the amount loaned thereon or paid therefor, together with the signature and description of the person or persons and the license number of any automobile they are in, if any, so pawning, selling, exchanging or otherwise delivering such property. The record of each transaction must be numbered and a tag corresponding to said number must be firmly attached to all articles pawned, purchased, exchanged or otherwise taken into possession.
3.04.030 Pawn procedures.
All articles pawned, purchased, exchanged or otherwise taken into possession shall be held for a period of 20 days from date of receipt, intact in a particular location in the place of business designated for that purpose, before being placed on exhibition, sold, exchanged, removed from the place of business where received, or delivered to any person, or otherwise disposed of. All articles so received and the records pertaining thereto shall, upon demand, be exhibited to any sheriff, police officer, constable or other peace officer, and shall not, in any manner, be concealed.
3.04.040 Exemptions to license requirements.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following: Any person who buys new or secondhand goods, wares or merchandise from any dealer licensed under the Sales Tax Law of the State of California to do business in the State of California, dealers in secondhand automobiles, nor to any person engaged in the regular course of selling new goods, wares and merchandise to the general public and who receives any secondhand articles, goods, wares or merchandise in part payment of new goods, wares and/or merchandise sold by said person in the regular course of his business.
3.04.050 Terms defined.
The term “furniture and household goods” as used herein shall mean and include beds, bedding, tables, desks, chairs, stoves, floor coverings, crockery, glassware, kitchen and cooking utensils. (Ord. 147, 7-13-1943)