§ 4-240-150 — Prohibited pledges or purchases

4-240-150 Prohibited pledges or purchases.

(a) No licensee under this chapter shall take or receive in pawn or pledge, for money loaned, or shall buy any property from a minor, or shall so take, receive or buy any such property, the ownership of which is in, or which is claimed by, any minor, or which may be in the possession or under the control of any minor. (b) (1) No licensee under this chapter shall take any article in pawn or buy from any person appearing to be intoxicated or under the influence of any drug, nor from any person known to be a thief or to have been convicted of theft, burglary, robbery or armed robbery, and when any person is found to be the owner of stolen property which has been pawned or bought, such property shall be returned to the owner thereof without the payment of the amount advanced by the pawnbroker thereon or any costs or charges of any kind which the pawnbroker may have placed upon the same. (2) No licensee under this chapter shall purchase or take in pawn any property which any law enforcement officer or any individual acting in behalf of a law enforcement agency explicitly represents to the licensee as being stolen or represents to the licensee such circumstances as would reasonably induce the licensee to believe that the property was stolen. (c) No licensee under this chapter shall take or receive in pawn or pledge, for money loaned, or shall buy or otherwise transfer or receive, any firearm, ammunition, stun gun or taser from any person. (d) No licensee under this chapter shall purchase, take or receive from any person in pawn or pledge, for money loaned, any catalytic converter that is not attached to a motor vehicle, or any portion of a dismantled catalytic converter that is reasonably identifiable as such. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates this subsection (d) shall be fined not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $2,000.00 for each offense. (e) (1) No licensee under this chapter shall purchase, take or receive from any person in pawn or pledge, for money loaned, any cell phone whose make, model and serial number is identified in a stolen cell phone database. Before purchasing, taking or receiving from any person in pawn or pledge, for money loaned, any cell phone, the licensee shall check the stolen cell phone database to verify that the cell phone is not a stolen or lost cell phone, and shall record in an inventory log the date and time of such verification, the make, model and serial number of the cell phone, and a unique inventory number for each such cell phone. The licensee shall attach a sticker to the cell phone with the corresponding unique inventory number contained in the inventory log. The log and the sticker attached to the cell phone shall be made available at all reasonable times, as defined in Section 4-4-290 of this Code, to inspection by authorized personnel of the department or any member of the City's Department of Police. (2) A licensee under this chapter shall issue to any person who purchases a secondhand cell phone from the licensee a receipt, in a form provided by the commissioner, acknowledging that the cell phone is not identified, at the time of sale, in a stolen cell phone database as a stolen or lost cell phone. Such receipt shall include date and time of such sale, and the make, model and serial number of the cell phone. (3) A licensee under this chapter shall report, within a reasonable time, to the Chicago Department of Police any secondhand cell phone that is brought to the licensee for pawn or pledge, and whose make, model and serial number is identified in a stolen cell phone database. Upon request, such licensee shall surrender such cell phone to any member of the City's Department of Police, if the licensee is in possession of the cell phone. (f) No licensee under this chapter shall purchase, take or receive from any person in pawn or pledge, for money loaned, any air bag that is not attached to a motor vehicle, or any portion of a dismantled air bag that is reasonably identifiable as such. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates this subsection (f) shall be fined not less than $2,000.00 nor more than $4,000.00 for each offense. (Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-26-97, p. 40141; Amend Coun. J. 6-25-14, p. 83727, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 5-6-15, p. 108540, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 54980, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 6-17-26, p. 45172, § 5)