§ 16-211. Records required.

(a)

Every pawnbroker, jeweler or person doing business as such in the city, or who may hereafter engage in such business, and every dealer in any character or type of secondhand goods, wares or merchandise, shall keep a record book in which he shall make accurate daily entries of any articles sold to or purchased by him in the course of his business, with a description of such articles as follows:

(1)

He shall affix a number to each article so received by him, and shall make an entry of such number in the record book.

(2)

He shall make a record in the record book of the name and address and birthdate of the person from whom he received the article, along with the person's description or the distinctive number from such person's driver's license or military identification.

(3)

He shall record the date of the transaction of purchase and of disposition, together with a description or identification of the goods sold to the pawnbroker, including serial numbers, if available. He shall make an entry in the book of the disposition made by him of the article, and, if sold, he shall state to whom sold and the price received therefor.

(b)

The record books required to be kept by this section shall at all times be open to the inspection of the chief of police, or his agent without need of judicial writ or other process. It shall be the duty of the persons required to keep the record books to exhibit the record books to any police officer for inspection whenever demanded.

(Code 1959, § 26-29)