D.C. Code § 5-117.03

Current through codified legislation effective April 20, 2024

Section 5-117.03 - Examination of property pledged to pawnbroker

Any member of the police force, when thereto authorized in writing by the Chief of Police, and having in his possession a pawnbroker's receipt or ticket, shall be allowed to examine the property purporting to be pawned or pledged, or deposited upon said receipt or ticket, in whosesoever possession said property may be; but no such property shall be taken from the possessor thereof without due process or authority of law.

R.S., D.C., § 406.

Office of Major and Superintendent of Metropolitan Police abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 5-105.01.

Pawnbrokers "defined", see § 47-2884.01. Pawned or pledged property, search and seizure, see § 47-2884.11. .