5.32.070 Duty to record transactions.
It shall be the duty of every pawnbroker and secondhand dealer doing business in the city to maintain in the dealer’s place of business a book or other permanent record in which shall be legibly written in the English language, at the time of each loan, purchase or sale, a record thereof containing:
A. The date of the transaction;
B. The name of the person or employee conducting the same;
C. The name, signature, sex, age, street and house number, color of hair and eyes, race, height and weight of the person with whom the transaction is had;
D. The name and street and house number of the owner of the property bought or received in pledge;
E. A description of the property bought or received in pledge, which, in the case of watches, shall contain the name of the maker and the number of both the works and the case, and in the case of jewelry, shall contain a description of all letters and marks inscribed thereon; provided, that when the article bought or received is furniture, or the contents of any house or room actually inspected on the premises, a general record of the transaction shall be sufficient;
F. The price paid or the amount loaned;
G. The number of any pawn ticket issued therefor.
Provided, however, that secondhand dealers shall not be required to make and maintain the records required by this section for secondhand articles with a reasonable value of less than twenty-five dollars. (Ord. 677 §1, 1983; Ord. 370 (part), 1975).