O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-12-132 (2019)

Permanent records required; content

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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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.

History

Ga. L. 1977, p. 1194, § 2.

Annotations

Cross references. Regulation of sales of used watches, O.C.G.A. § 43-49-1 et seq. JUDICIAL DECISIONS County ordinance not in conflict. - Since, inter alia, parts of Gwinnett County, Ga., Ord. No. 82-11 merely strengthened the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 44-12-132 as to the records

that pawnbrokers were required to keep, the ordinance was not in conflict with O.C.G.A. § 44-12-130 et seq. Pawnmart, Inc. v. Gwinnett County, 279 Ga. 19, 608 S.E.2d 639, 2005 Ga. LEXIS 121 (2005).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 54 Am. Jur. 2d, Moneylenders and Pawnbrokers, §§ 6, 7.

C.J.S. 70 C.J.S., Pawnbrokers, § 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1987–2007 · leading case: Pawnmart, Inc. v. Gwinnett Cnty., 608 S.E.2d 639 (Ga. 2005).

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Pawnmart, Inc. v. Gwinnett Cnty., 608 S.E.2d 639 (Ga. 2005). · cites it 2× “In addition, parts of the Ordinance merely strengthen OCGA § 44-12-132’s requirements as to the records that pawnbrokers must keep.”

Rogers v. State, 646 S.E.2d 751 (Ga. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “…that any individual pawning items produce a photo identification, and that pawn shops keep a record of the same. See OCGA § 44-12-132.”

Watson v. State, 509 S.E.2d 87 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “, threats of violence; one count of first degree arson; one count of second degree arson; eight counts of false statements made in connection with the submission of pawnbroker reports pursuant to OCGA §§ 44-12-132; 44-12-133; and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm…”

Howell v. Roberts, 656 F. Supp. 1150 (N.D. Ga. 1987). · cites it 7× “O.C.G.A. § 44-12-132. The law proscribes exactly what information must be kept in the book.”

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