Lompoc Municipal Code Art. II Pawnbrokers, Secondhand Dealers and Secondhand Jewelry Dealers

Every person managing, maintaining or conducting the business of pawnbroker, secondhand dealer or secondhand jewelry dealer in the City shall keep or cause to be kept at the store or place of business a well-bound book containing a record in which shall be legibly entered in the English language, in ink, at the time of every purchase, sale, exchange, pledge, pawn or other transfer of possession of any article or loan thereof, a description of such article, received or delivered in such transaction sufficient to identify same, including serial number and all particular and prominent marks of identification that may be found on such property, the signature, address, age, sex and description of the person receiving, delivering or transferring the property or who is otherwise dealt with, the amount of money paid or received in such transaction and the date and hour of transaction.

(Prior code § 2308)

A. The record of transactions required by the provisions contained within Section 5.32.080 shall be open for inspection by the Police Department at any time during business hours and the right to thoroughly inspect the premises, store or place where the business is being conducted at any time in search of any lost or stolen property or to compare the entry kept in such records with the article or articles located on such premises or place of business. All persons in charge of such businesses shall render to the Police Department such assistance as may reasonably be necessary to enable it in such inspection or search.

B. The person in charge of such business shall each day, excepting Sundays and holidays, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Chief of Police a legible and complete copy of such record, the same to be permanently filed in the offices of the Police Department, and the same shall be open for inspection only to the Police Department of the City or upon order of the court duly made for that purpose. Such reports shall be made upon forms approved by the Chief of Police.

(Prior code § 2309)

It shall be unlawful for any person maintaining or conducting the business of pawnbroker, secondhand dealer or secondhand jewelry dealer or any agent or employee thereof to purchase or take any goods or articles or thing offered to him or her by any juvenile or knowingly purchase or take any such things from any servant or apprentice without first ascertaining that such article or thing is the property of the person delivering the same or that such servant or apprentice has the authority from the owner to deliver or sell such property.

(Prior code § 2310)

It shall be unlawful for any person conducting or maintaining the business of pawnbroker, secondhand dealer or secondhand jewelry dealer or any agent or employee thereof to keep or cause to be kept such place of business open on the first day of January, the 30th day of May, the fourth day of July, or the 25th day of December of each year or on any day except during the regular business hours retail merchants in the City observe; provided, however, that on Friday, Saturday and days preceding the aforesaid holidays, such business may be kept open until 10:00 p.m. Any person engaged in conducting any business other than those hereinabove mentioned on the same premises in such business or in conjunction with the same shall, notwithstanding, close the place of such other business at the same time and same manner as herein provided.

(Prior code § 2311)

Any person managing, maintaining or conducting the business of as pawnbroker in the City shall keep or cause to be kept at the store or place of business receipt books as hereinafter described. Such books shall be kept in addition to the record of transactions required by Section 5.32.080 and shall consist of duplicate sheets of not less than four inches by seven inches in size and bearing consecutive numbers. One of each of such duplicate pages shall be perforated as to enable its removal. One of the aforesaid books shall be kept for the recording of and the receipting for sales, and there shall be printed at the top of the perforated sheet, in colored type not less than three-eights of an inch in height the following words: "This is a pledge and not a sale." The perforated sheet, which shall be the duplicate, shall, after being filled out as herein provided, be delivered to the person with whom the transaction is made. The original thereof shall be kept by the pawn-broker for a period of at least two years next following the date of the transaction and shall, during such time, be available at all times during business hours for inspection by the Police Department.

(Prior code § 2312)