[Adopted 10-6-1998 by L.L.
No. 7-1998]
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on the business of pawnbroker
in the village without obtaining a license as hereinafter provided.
No person shall be licensed as a pawnbroker who has not been a resident
of Broome County for at least six months next preceding the date of such license
and is not of the age of 21 years.
The Village Clerk, upon proper application being made to him, shall,
under his hand and the seal of the village, issue and deliver to any proper
and suitable applicant therefor a license to conduct the business of pawnbroker,
upon payment to said Clerk of $100.
Any person applying for a license under the provisions of this article
shall state in his application for such license the street and number of the
building where he proposes to carry an such business, which street and number
shall be stated in said license, and the licensee shall not be permitted to
change said location to any other place without permission from the Clerk.
An applicant for a license must present a valid picture identification with
current legal address at the time of application.
Every person licensed under the provisions of this article shall place
or suspend in front of his place of business in a conspicuous manner a sign
bearing his name and the words "Licensed Pawnbroker."
Every pawnbroker licensed under the provisions of this article shall
keep a book in which shall be fairly written at the time of each loan an accurate
account and description of the goods, articles and things pawned, the amount
of money loaned thereon the time of pledging the same, the rate of interest
to be charged, the name, residence, age, complexion, sex, style of beard,
if any, height, weight and a general description of the person pawning or
pledging such goods, articles or things and a copy of the valid picture identification
of said person. Such books shall be kept for a period of at least six years
and shall be kept in a neat and orderly fashion.
The book required to be kept pursuant to § 172-17 shall at all times be open to the inspection of any and all persons holding office under the Village Law and the Public Officers Law.
Every pawnbroker shall, at the time of each loan, deliver to the person pawning or pledging any goods, articles or things a memorandum or note, signed by him and containing the substance of the entry required to be made in his book, mentioned in § 172-17, and no charge shall be made for such entry or memorandum.
No pawnbroker shall receive or take any goods in pledge from any person
who shall appear to be or who shall be known to such pawnbroker to be under
the age of 18 years or intoxicated or a habitual drunkard.
It shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker to receive any goods by way
of pawn or pledge, excepting between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
on weekdays and Saturdays, nor shall any business be transacted by pawnbrokers
as such between the hours of 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and 7:00 a.m. on Monday.
It shall be unlawful for a pawnbroker to employ any clerk or any other
person under the age of 16 years to take any pledge.
Every person licensed as a pawnbroker under the provisions of this article
shall, before 10:00 a.m. of each and every business day, including Saturdays,
report to the Chief of Police of the village, on blank forms to be furnished
by the village, a description of all articles received by him in pawn the
business day immediately preceding, together with the number of the pawn ticket
issued therefor and the amount loaned thereon.
A.
If any goods, articles or things shall be advertised
in a daily newspaper printed and published in the county as having been lost
or stolen, and if the goods, articles or things so advertised, or any part
or portion thereof, shall be or shall thereafter come into the possession
of any licensee, he shall forthwith give information thereof, in writing,
to the office of the Chief of Police and he shall also state from whom the
same was received and shall not offer the same for sale without the written
approval of the Chief of Police.
B.
Every licensee woo shall receive or be in possession
of any goods, articles or things which may have been lost or stolen, or which
are alleged or supposed to have been lost or stolen, shall forthwith, on demand,
exhibit the same to the Chief of Police or any Municipal Court Judge or any
Judge of any criminal court or any policeman who may be authorized by any
of the aforementioned officers or Judges to make such a demand.
Every person who shall be convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article shall be punished as provided in § 1-15 of this Code. Nothing herein shall be interpreted nor is it the intent of this article to affect the requirements for pawnbrokers under New York State General Business Law § 40 et seq.
