5.10.130 Penalty.
A. Every pawnbroker and every clerk, agent or employee of such pawnbroker, who shall:
1. Fail to make an entry of any material matter in the record kept as provided in this chapter; or
2. Make any false entry therein; or
3. Falsify, obliterate, destroy or remove from his place of business such book or record; or
4. Refuse to allow the City prosecutor or the chief of police or his agent to inspect the same, or any goods in his possession, during the ordinary hours of business; or
5. Report any material falsely to the chief of police; or
6. Fail to furnish the chief of police or designee with a full, true and correct transcript of the record of all transactions occurring on a given day within forty-eight hours of the close of business; or
7. Fail to report forthwith to the chief of police or designee the possession of any property which he may have good cause to believe has been lost or stolen, together with the name of the owner, if known, and the date when, and the name of the person from whom the same was received by him; or
8. Remove, or allow to be removed from his place of business except upon redemption by the owner thereof, any property received within fifteen days after receipt thereof shall have been reported to the chief of police or designee; or
9. Receive any property from any person under the age of eighteen years, any habitual user of narcotic drugs, any habitual criminal, any person in an intoxicated condition, any known thief or receiver of stolen property, or anyone acting on behalf of said individual; or
10. Violate any provision of this chapter or RCW 19.60.066 by an act of either omission or commission shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than $5,000 or both. Any action brought by an owner to recover goods or by a pawnbroker to determine ownership or title of an item, that results in a prevailing party in the action, is entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. (Ord. 2546 § 2 (part), 2010: Ord. 1778 §§ 9, 10, 1994; Ord. 1678 § 9, 1992; Ord. 1231 §§ 8 – 11, 1985; Ord. 1155 § 1 (part), 1983).