§ 26-192. Additional requirements applicable to pawnshops and pawnbrokers.

Notwithstanding other provisions of this article or other provisions of ordinances of the city, the following requirements shall be applicable:

(1)

Pawnbrokers shall comply with all provisions of O.C.G.A. title 44, ch. 12, art. 3, pt. 5 (O.C.G.A. § 44-12-130 et seq.), addressing and regulating pawnbrokers and their business operations in the state.

(2)

A fingerprint of each person pawning, pledging or selling any article shall be obtained. It should be of the right hand index finger, unless this finger is missing, in which event the print of the next finger in existence on the right hand shall be obtained with a notation as to the exact finger printed. In the event the right hand is missing, the fingerprint should be of the left index finger, unless such finger is missing, then the print of the next finger in existence on the left hand shall be fingerprinted, and notation made of the exact finger. These prints shall be made on forms prescribed by the city police department and each form shall be completed in full as to each and every transaction regardless of whether the person may have previously pawned an article and thus been previously fingerprinted.

(3)

A photograph of each person pawning, pledging or selling any article or articles shall be taken and retained by the pawnbroker.

(4)

Further, acceptable identification shall be required from any person pawning, pledging, or selling an article, and the number of this identification document, along with any other information required, shall be copied and retained by the pawnbroker.

(5)

The pawnshop broker and any employee shall have the affirmative duty to compare all pictures, physical descriptions and signatures on the identification presented and shall not transact any business with a person who appears to be presenting false or altered identification. If the identification presented is not a state-issued identification, the pawnshop broker and any employee will have the affirmative duty of providing the listed address from the identification as well as a current state address on the transaction paperwork. The pawnbroker is required to check the customer's identification for each transaction.

(Ord. No. 2006-09-72, § 1(ch. 11, art. 3, § 6), 9-19-2006)