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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 13-37 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF JONESBORO, THE SAME DEALING WITH PAWN BROKERS
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BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas;
Section 1: That Section 13-37 of the Code of Ordinances for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, is amended to read as follows:
A. It shall be the duty of each pawn broker, his or its agent, servant, and/or employee to provide daily to the Chief of Police of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas and to the Sheriff of Craighead County, Arkansas, a written record, listing each transaction for that date and it shall include the name of the person conducting the transaction, that person’s age, address, driver’s license number, social security number and thumb print and it shall describe the item pawned. In lieu of either a driver’s license number or social security number, a credit card in current effect, may be substituted for one of the above. Under no circumstances shall a pawn broker, his or its agent, servant, and/or employee transact any business relating to the pawning of merchandise with any individual under the age of eighteen (18) years. The City of Jonesboro shall provide all necessary forms to the pawn brokers located in the City of Jonesboro and shall pick up said forms daily.
B. Any individual who fails to provide the daily report or information required in this section or who shall conduct a transaction with an individual under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be subject to a fine for the first offense of no greater than $100.00; for a second offence an individual shall be fined no more than $250.00; and for each subsequent offense an individual shall be subject to a fine of no more than $500.00 and no more than thirty (30) days in jail or both.
C. The written record required in subparagraph “a” shall be kept on the business premises and shall be at all times subject to the inspection of the Mayor Chief or Police, a police officer on duty and the City Attorney upon demand by any of them. It is hereby further provided that all cases whereby any such article or personal property is still in procession of the individual and subject to his control it shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the said officers upon said demand by any of them to see the article itself.
Section 2: All ordinances and or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 6th day of September, 1983.