Chapter 6.28
PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS – REGULATIONS
Sections:
6.28.040 Definitions.
6.28.080 Record to be kept – Contents.
6.28.120 Record open to inspection.
6.28.160 Daily report to police.
6.28.200 Violations – Penalty.
6.28.040 Definitions.
The words “pawnbroker” and “secondhand dealer” are defined as follows:
A. Every person engaged in whole or in part in the business of loaning money on the security of pledges, deposits, or conditional sales of personal property shall be deemed a pawnbroker.
B. Every person engaged in whole or in part in the business of buying or selling secondhand personal property, metal, junk, or melted metals shall be deemed a secondhand dealer. [Ord. 738 § 1, 1917.]
6.28.080 Record to be kept – Contents.
It shall be the duty of every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer doing business in the city of Ellensburg to maintain in his place of business a book or other permanent record in which shall be legibly written in the English language at the time of such loan, purchase or sale a record thereof containing:
A. The date of the transaction.
B. The name of the person or employee conducting the same.
C. The name, age, street and house number and a general description of the dress, complexion, color of hair and facial appearance of the person with whom the transaction is had.
D. The name, street and house number of the owner of the property bought or received in pledge.
E. The street and house number of the place from which the property bought or received in pledge was last removed.
F. A description of the property bought or received in pledge which, in case of watches, shall contain the name of the maker and the number of both the works and the case; and in case of jewelry shall contain a description of all letters and marks inscribed thereon; provided, that when the article bought or received is furniture or the contents of any house or room actually inspected on the premises, a general record of the transaction shall be sufficient.
G. The price paid and the amount loaned.
H. The name, street, and house numbers of all persons witnessing the transaction.
I. The number of any pawn ticket issued therefor. [Ord. 738 § 2, 1917.]
6.28.120 Record open to inspection.
Such record and all goods received shall at all times during the ordinary hours of business be open to the inspection of the city attorney or any police officer. [Ord. 738 § 3, 1917.]
6.28.160 Daily report to police.
Every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer doing business in the city of Ellensburg before noon of each day shall furnish to the chief of police of such city on such forms as the chief of police may provide therefor, a full, true and correct transcript of the record of all transactions had on the preceding day, and having good cause to believe that any property in his possession has been previously lost or stolen, he shall forthwith report such fact to the chief of police, together with the name of owner, if known, and the date when and the name of the person from whom the same was received by him. [Ord. 738 § 4, 1917.]
6.28.200 Violations – Penalty.
Every pawnbroker or secondhand dealer and every clerk, agent or employee of such pawnbroker or secondhand dealer who shall:
A. Fail to make an entry of any material matter in his book or record kept as provided for in ECC 6.28.080; or
B. Make a false entry therein; or
C. Falsify, obliterate, destroy, or remove from his place of business such book or record; or
D. Refuse to allow the city attorney or any police officer to inspect the same or any goods in his possession during the ordinary hours of business; or
E. Report any matter falsely to the chief of police; or
F. Having forms provided therefor, fail before noon of each day to furnish the chief of police with a full, true and correct transcript of the record of all transactions had on the previous day, it being the intent of this section that Saturday's business may be reported on Monday; or
G. Fail to report forthwith to the chief of police the possession of any property which he may have good cause to believe has been lost or stolen, together with the name of the owner, if known, and the date when and the name of the person from whom the same was received by him; or
H. Remove or allow to be moved from his place of business, except upon redemption by the owner thereof, any property received within four days after the receipt thereof has been reported to the chief of police; or
I. Receive any property from any person under the age of 18 years, any common drunkard, any habitual user of narcotic drugs, any habitual criminal, any person in an intoxicated condition, any known thief or receiver of stolen property, whether such person is acting in his behalf or as the agent of another, shall be deemed guilty of a gross misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. [Ord. 3620 § 1, 1988; Ord. 738 § 5, 1917.]