Del Norte County Municipal Code § 5.04

Every junk dealer, secondhand dealer, pawnbroker, loan broker, and every proprietor, keeper or owner of any office or other place of business where money is loaned on personal property for a compensation, conducting, maintaining, or operating the business within the county, shall daily make out and deliver to the sheriff, everyday before twelve noon, on a blank form to be furnished by the sheriff for that purpose, a full, true and complete report of all the property and other valuable goods, wares or other things received on deposit or purchased during the preceding twenty-four consecutive hours, together with the time, meaning the hour of the day when received or deposited in pawn or purchase, a description of the person, or persons by whom left in pledge or deposited or from whom purchased, and also the true name, as nearly as the same is known to the pawnbroker, junk dealer, secondhand dealer, loan broker or other person hereinbefore designated, together with the number of persons, the number of the operator's license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles of the state of California, whenever the person or persons have been issued such a license, and wherever possible, the motor vehicle license number of the car driven by the person or persons. This report shall be written in the English language in a clear and legible manner.

(Ord. 241 § 1, 1956)

The sheriff shall immediately, upon the adoption and publication of the ordinance codified in this chapter, cause such number of blanks to be printed, as may be necessary for that purpose, and shall thereafter from time to time cause such additional blanks to be so printed. Such blanks shall be so printed and subdivided that they shall have spaces for writing in the following matters: Number of pawn ticket, amount loaned, amount purchased, description of articles, name and residence of person pledging or selling, description of person pledging or selling, showing true name, as nearly as known, age, sex, complexion, color of mustache or beard) or both, where both are whom, style of dress, height and visible marks or scars, number of operator's license, license number of car driven by person making deposit, sale or purchase, also the time when the article or articles were received. The blanks shall also bear a caption providing blank spaces, in which to fill in the date of the report, the name and place of business of the person making the report, and the hour or the day when made.

(Ord. 241 § 2, 1956)

The sheriff shall cause the blanks referred to in Section 5.04.20 to be printed in books and shall furnish the books to any junk dealer upon the payment of two dollars for each book. Upon the receipt of the report from any of the persons from whom the reports are required, the sheriff shall file the same in his office and the reports shall be open to inspection only to any peace officer and to the district attorney, deputy district attorney or investigator from the office of the district attorney, or upon order of a duly authorized court order made for that purpose.

(Ord. 241 § 3, 1956)

Every junk dealer, secondhand dealer, pawnbroker, loan broker, or proprietor, keeper, or owner of any office or other place of business where money is loaned on personal property for compensation, their agents and employees, shall cause the person or persons by whom the property is left in pledge, stored, deposited, or from whom purchased, to sign his true name and give his correct address to the report provided in Section 5.04.10.

(Ord. 241 § 4, 1956)

It is unlawful for any person or persons to sign a fictitious name or fictitious address in connection therewith.

(Ord. 241 § 5, 1956)