(a) A pawnbroker shall maintain a register in which the pawnbroker shall enter in legible English at the time of each pawnbroker transaction
- (1) the date of the pawnbroker transaction;
- (2) the name of the person conducting the pawnbroker transaction;
- (3) the name, age, and address of the pledgor or purchaser;
- (4) a description of the pledged property or purchased property, including the serial number, model number, or other number on the item of property;
- (5) the price paid or amount loaned;
- (6) the signature of the pledgor or seller; and
- (7) the type of identification used by the pledgor or seller, the name of the government agency that issued the identification, and the number written on the identification.
- (b) A register may be contained in a book or in an electronic format, except that, subject to (c) of this section, the register for pawn transactions must be in an electronic format.
- (c) If, on July 1, 2011, a pawnbroker is located in a municipality that has a population of 6,000 or fewer individuals, the pawnbroker's register for pawn transactions may be contained in a book.
- (d) A pawnbroker may not falsify or intentionally fail to make an entry of a material matter in a register.
- (e) A pawnbroker shall maintain in good condition the record in the register of a completed pawnbroker transaction for one year after the completion of the pawnbroker transaction.