Chapter 3.20
PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS
Sections:
3.20.010 Records.
(a) Every secondhand dealer within the city shall upon purchasing any article of value from any person enter upon a book kept for that purpose a brief description of the article and designation by name, price paid for the same and the name of the person selling such article to such secondhand dealer, which book shall at all times be open to inspection by the chief of police or any member of the police force, and shall upon demand by the chief of police make out and furnish the chief of police an account of such entries so made in such book, and an itemized list of the articles purchased.
(b) It shall be the duty of every pawnbroker within the city to enter upon a book kept for that purpose a brief description of every article pawned or upon which pawnbroker shall advance or loan any money or thing of value, with the amount so loaned upon such article set opposite thereto, and the name of the person to whom such loan was made, which book shall be open to inspection to the chief of police or any police officer at all reasonable hours, and such pawnbroker shall upon demand by the chief of police make out and deliver to the chief of police an itemized statement of all such articles so pawned or upon which money was loaned, and shall upon demand furnish a correct copy of items so entered on such book as aforesaid. (Ord. O-93-6-6 § 1 (part), 1994)
3.20.020 Violation—Penalty.
Any pawnbroker or secondhand dealer within the city failing, omitting or refusing to keep true and correct statements and entries as required in this chapter or failing or refusing to permit such entries to be inspected as herein provided, or failing or refusing to furnish upon demand to the chief of police true and correct copies of the entries in such book, shall be guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars plus any surcharge required to be imposed by AS 12.55.039. Each day of a violation is a separate offense. (Ord. O-14-01-02 § 7, 2014: Ord. O-99-11-3 § 5, 1998: Ord. O-93-6-6 § 1 (part), 1994)