Computerized reporting of pawnshop information.
Seattle Mun. Code § 6.288.085
in effect6.288.085 - Computerized reporting of pawnshop information.
A. From and after the date called for by the phase-in schedule in subsection C, every pawnbroker except those exempted by operation of subsection D shall, before noon of each day, transmit to the Chief of Police by means of electronic transmission through a modem or similar device or by delivery of a computer disk, in such a format that the data are capable of direct electronic entry into the Seattle Police Department's computerized system for identifying and tracing lost, stolen, and sought-after property, the information Section 6.288.070 requires be recorded concerning all transactions in which the licensee received used goods the preceding day by pawn, trade, purchase, or consignment.
B. The Chief of Police shall by rule adopted in accordance with the Administrative Code, Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 3.02, establish the format and requirements for the transmission of data and may by rule restrict the scope of the items that are to be electronically reported. A transaction reported by electronic transmission under subsection A shall not be reported on paper forms unless the Chief of Police so requests. Each pawnbroker shall pay a fee of Twenty-five Cents ($.25) per transaction required to be electronically reported if the electronic report transmitted to the Chief of Police is erroneous, duplicative, or in an incorrect or incompatible format, or if no electronic report of the transaction is transmitted.
C. Pawnbrokers shall report their transactions electronically to the Chief of Police as required by subsections A and B from and after the following dates:
1. For each pawnshop for which a Pawnbroker endorsement is first obtained on or after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, effective upon commencing business or one month after the effective date of the initial rules adopted pursuant to subsection B, whichever is later;
2. For each pawnshop for which a Pawnbroker endorsement was first obtained before the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section that by the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section has adopted a computerized recordkeeping system for maintaining its own record of transactions, no later than one month after the effective date of the initial rules adopted pursuant to subsection B;
3. For each other pawnshop for which a Pawnbroker endorsement was first obtained before the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, not later than January 1, 1995, or one month after the effective date of the initial rules adopted pursuant to subsection B, whichever is later.
The Chief of Police may for good cause shown grant a pawnbroker an extension of the otherwise applicable deadline to a date not later than June 30, 1995. An extension may only be granted: upon written application by the pawnbroker; upon a showing that the pawnbroker is making satisfactory progress toward acquiring computer programs and equipment to make the necessary transmission; and upon agreement by the pawnbroker to pay to the City a fee of Twenty-five Cents ($.25) per transaction reported after the otherwise applicable deadline to offset the Seattle Police Department's costs in converting the data from paper format into electronic form.
D. Pawnbrokers need not report electronically transactions taking place at a business location where the number of pawn transactions in no week exceeds ten (10) (calculated from each Monday through the next Sunday, inclusive). A pawnbroker reasonably believing a location at which he or she conducts a pawnshop qualifies under this subsection for exemption from computerized reporting and wishing to be exempt from the requirement of subsection A shall sign, under penalty of perjury, a declaration to that effect in a form developed by the Chief of Police, and once the declaration is signed, so long as the volume of transactions does not exceed ten (10) each week, pawn transactions taking place at that pawnshop need not be reported electronically, but the pawnbroker must comply in all respects with Sections 6.288.070 and 2.688.080, and must pay to the City the sum of Twenty-five Cents ($.25) per pawn transaction to offset the Seattle Police Department's costs in converting the data from paper format into electronic form, If, in any two (2) weeks in any consecutive three (3) month period, the number of pawn transactions at such a pawnshop exceeds ten (10), then the pawnbroker shall cease conducting pawn transactions at that business location until a computerized system is in place and pawn transactions are being reported electronically in compliance with subsections A, B, and C of this section.
E. If, after establishing the format and requirements for the transmission of computerized reports of transactions, the Chief of Police alters the required format, pawnbrokers shall be given at least thirty (30) days to comply with the new format requirements.
(Ord. 116924, § 7, 1993.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT6BURE_SUBTITLE_IVNELICO_CH6.288USGODE_6.288.085COREPAINFetched: 11/1/2026