Current through Chapter 61 of the 2024 Legislative Session and 2024 Executive Orders 125, 133 through 135
Section 08.76.180 - Register of pawnbroker transactions(a) A pawnbroker shall maintain a register in which the pawnbroker shall enter in legible English at the time of each pawnbroker transaction (1) the date of the pawnbroker transaction;(2) the name of the person conducting the pawnbroker transaction;(3) the name, age, and address of the pledgor or purchaser;(4) a description of the pledged property or purchased property, including the serial number, model number, or other number on the item of property;(5) the price paid or amount loaned;(6) the signature of the pledgor or seller; and(7) the type of identification used by the pledgor or seller, the name of the government agency that issued the identification, and the number written on the identification.(b) A register may be contained in a book or in an electronic format, except that, subject to (c) of this section, the register for pawn transactions must be in an electronic format.(c) If, on July 1, 2011, a pawnbroker is located in a municipality that has a population of 6,000 or fewer individuals, the pawnbroker's register for pawn transactions may be contained in a book.(d) A pawnbroker may not falsify or intentionally fail to make an entry of a material matter in a register.(e) A pawnbroker shall maintain in good condition the record in the register of a completed pawnbroker transaction for one year after the completion of the pawnbroker transaction.