§ 122-61. Records required.

All pawnbrokers shall keep books wherein shall be entered an accurate description of all property pledged or sold to them. The description shall include the name of the maker of the article, any identifying mark or number and a statement of the kind of material of which it is made. In these books shall also be entered the name of the person by whom the article was deposited or sold and the time when the deposit or sale was done. These entries shall be made as soon after the transaction as is possible, in no event more than one hour thereafter. The books and the articles themselves so pledged or sold shall at all times be subject to inspection and examination by the police. Any person engaged in the business of a pawnbroker who shall fail or refuse to keep books as provided in this section or who shall make false entries concerning the transactions named or who shall fail or refuse to permit an inspection and examination by any police officer of the books and of the property pledged with or sold to them shall be guilty of an offense.

(Code 1977, § 14-6306)

State law reference

Permanent records required of pawnbrokers, O.C.G.A. § 44-12-132 et seq.