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ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 36 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE, PROHIBITING THE SALE OR PAWN OF STOLEN PROPERTY, AMENDING SECTIONS 36-12, 36-14, 36-15, 36-21, 36-22, 36-24, AND 36-25.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 36-12 of the Duluth City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 36-12. Prohibited conduct.
A pawnbroker, and any clerk, agent or employee of a pawnbroker, shall not:
(a) Possess stolen goods;
(ba) Make any false entry in the records of pawn transactions;
(cb) Falsify, obliterate, destroy or remove from the place of business the records, books or accounts relating to the licensee's pawn transactions;
(dc) Refuse to allow the Duluth police, the attorney general or any other duly authorized state or federal law enforcement officer to inspect the pawn records or any pawn goods in the person's actual or constructive possession during the ordinary hours of business or at other reasonable times;
(ed) Fail to maintain a record of each pawn transaction for three years;
(fe) Accept a pledge, or purchase property from, a person under the age of 18 years, nor from an intoxicated person;
(gf) Make any agreement requiring the personal liability of a pledgor or seller, or waiving any provision of this Chapter;
(hg) Fail to return pledged goods to a pledgor or seller, or provide compensation as set forth in Minnesota Statutes Section 325J.09, or its successor, upon payment of the full amount due the pawnbroker unless either the date of redemption is more than 60 days past the date of the pawn transaction, renewal or extension and the pawnbroker has sold the pledged goods pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 325J.06, or its successor, or the pledged goods have been taken into custody by a court or a law enforcement officer or agency;
(ih) Sell or lease, or agree to sell or lease, pledged or purchased goods back to the pledgor or seller in the same, or in a related, transaction;
(ji) Remove pledged goo...
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