Long Beach |
Municipal Code |
Title 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS |
Chapter 5.64. PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS |
§ 5.64.070. Reports—Goods deposited.
A.
Every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer shall, at the time of purchase or pledge of any property, make out on forms, to be obtained from the Chief of Police for that purpose, a full, true and complete report of all goods or things received on deposit, pledged or purchased by him/her, and such report shall show the hour of the day each such article is received and the true name and address, as nearly as the same is known to, or can be ascertained by, the pawnbroker or secondhand dealer, and the personal signature of the person or persons by whom the article was left on deposit or pledged or sold, together with a description of the person or persons as may be required by the Chief of Police; that such report shall give also the number of the pawn ticket, the amount loaned or the amount of the purchase, as the case may be, and a complete description of each article left on deposit or pledged or purchased. If any article so left on deposit or pledged or purchased bears any number, word or initial thereon or contains any settings of any kind, the description of the article shall contain the number, word or initial and shall show the number of settings and the number of each kind thereof.
B.
Every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer shall, on each day before the hour of ten a.m., deliver to the Chief of Police the original of the reports made out during the day preceding the filing of the reports.
C.
No person shall use a fictitious name or address when selling, pledging or leaving any property on deposit as provided in this Chapter.
(Ord. C-7423 § 24, 1996: Ord. C-6260 § 1 (part), 1986)