Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 12. RIGHTS IN PERSONALTY · Article 3. BAILMENTS · Part 5. PAWNBROKERS

44-12-132. Permanent records required; content.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Every pawnbroker shall maintain a permanent record book in which shall be entered in legible English at the time of each loan, purchase, or sale:
(1)
The date of the transaction;#
(2)
The name of the person conducting the transaction;#
(3)
The name, age, and address of the customer; a description of the general appearance of the customer; and the distinctive number from the customer’s driver’s license or other similar identification card;#
(4)
An identification and description of the pledged or purchased goods, including, if reasonably available, the serial, model, or other number, and all identifying marks inscribed thereon;#
(5)
The number of the receipt or pawn ticket;#
(6)
The price paid or the amount loaned;#
(7)
If payment is made by check, the number of the check issued for the purchase price or loan;#
(8)
The maturity date of the transaction; and#
(9)
The signature of the customer.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1977, p. 1194, § 2.

Regulation of sales of used watches, O.C.G.A. § 43-49-1 et seq.

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Text read from t44-ch8-15-(v32)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V32, 2022 edition, pages 240 to 241; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 02e72213893a.