§ 25-101. Pawnbrokers.

(a)

Every person engaged in business as a pawnbroker shall pay a business tax of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each place of business, plus a business tax determined by the maximum number of workers as set forth below:

(1)

For one (1) through ten (10) workers—Thirty dollars ($30.00);

(2)

For eleven (11) through twenty (20) workers—Forty dollars ($40.00);

(3)

For twenty-one (21) through thirty (30) workers—Fifty dollars ($50.00);

(4)

For thirty-one (31) through forty (40) workers—Seventy dollars ($70.00);

(5)

For forty-one (41) or more workers—Ninety dollars ($90.00).

(b)

Pawnbrokers shall keep a complete and true record of all transactions, showing from whom each article of their stock was purchased or pledged and the date of such transaction, and the date and to whom each article was sold, which records shall at all times be subject to the inspection of all duly authorized persons and law enforcement officers and which records shall contain all other information, including the right thumbprint of the seller or pledgor, and be in such form as designed and supplied by the sheriff.

(c)

Every person engaged in business as a pawnbroker in the county shall make monthly reports to the county sheriff's department, containing monthly summaries of the information required to be retained under subsection (b). Any person failing to make such reports shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 25-52. Forms for the preparation of such reports shall be prescribed and furnished by the sheriff's department.

(Code 1965, § 7-95; Ord. No. 80-15, § 29, 9-15-80; Ord. No. 90-29, § 1, 12-3-90; Ord. No. 94-15, § 20, 8-9-94; Ord. No. 2006-24 , § 1, 12-19-06)