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90_HB2215
205 ILCS 510/5 from Ch. 17, par. 4655
205 ILCS 510/6 from Ch. 17, par. 4656
205 ILCS 510/7 from Ch. 17, par. 4657
205 ILCS 510/10 from Ch. 17, par. 4660
Amends the Pawnbroker Regulation Act. Permits pawnbroker
records to be maintained in computer format. Provides that
pawnbroker records are confidential. Provides that reports
may be made by computer memory devices. Requires pawned
property to be held by the pawnbroker for 72 (rather than 24)
hours.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Pawnbroker Regulation Act by changing
2 Sections 5, 6, 7, and 10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Pawnbroker Regulation Act is amended by
6 changing Sections 5, 6, 7, and 10 as follows:
7 (205 ILCS 510/5) (from Ch. 17, par. 4655)
8 Sec. 5. Record requirements.
9 (a) Every pawn and loan broker shall keep a standard
10 record book that has been approved by the sheriff of the
11 county in which the pawnbroker does business, in which shall
12 be written in ink, at the time of each and every loan or
13 taking of a pledge, an accurate account and description, in
14 the English language, of all the goods, articles and other
15 things pawned or pledged, the amount of money, value or thing
16 loaned thereon, the time of pledging the same, the rate of
17 interest to be paid on such loan, and the name and residence
18 of the person making such pawn or pledge. Such entry shall
19 include the serial number or identification number of items
20 received which are required to bear such number. Every
21 pawnbroker shall also record in his book, an accurate account
22 and description, in the English language, of all goods,
23 articles and other things purchased or received for the
24 purpose of resale or loan collateral by the pawnbroker from
25 any source, not in the course of a pledge or loan, the time
26 of such purchase or receipt and the name and address of the
27 person or business which sold or delivered such goods,
28 articles, or other things to the pawnbroker. No entry in such
29 book shall be erased, mutilated or changed.
30 (b) Every pawnbroker shall require 2 forms of
31 identification to be shown him by each person pledging or
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1 pawning any goods, articles or other things to the
2 pawnbroker. One of the two forms of identification must
3 include his or her residence address. These forms of
4 identification shall include, but not be limited to, any of
5 the following: driver's license, social security card,
6 utility bill, employee or student identification card, credit
7 card, or a civic, union or professional association
8 membership card.
9 (c) A pawnbroker may maintain the records required by
10 subsection (a) in computer form if the computer form has been
11 approved by the Commissioner, the sheriff of the county in
12 which the shop is located, and the police department of the
13 municipality in which the shop is located.
14 (d) Records maintained by pawnbrokers shall be
15 confidential, and no disclosure of pawnbroker records shall
16 be made except disclosures authorized by this Act or ordered
17 by a court of competent jurisdiction. No record transferred
18 to a governmental official shall be improperly disclosed,
19 provided that use of those records as evidence of a felony or
20 misdemeanor shall be a proper purpose.
21 (e) Pawnbrokers and their associations may lawfully give
22 appropriate governmental agencies computer equipment for the
23 purpose of transferring information pursuant to this Act.
24 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
25 (205 ILCS 510/6) (from Ch. 17, par. 4656)
26 Sec. 6. Inspection of records. The said book or computer
27 records, as well as every article or other thing of value so
28 pawned or pledged, shall at all times be open to the
29 inspection of the sheriff of the county, his deputies or any
30 members of the police force of any city in the county in
31 which such pawnbroker does business.
32 (Source: Laws 1909, p. 300.)
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1 (205 ILCS 510/7) (from Ch. 17, par. 4657)
2 Sec. 7. Daily report. It shall be the duty of every
3 pawnbroker to make out and deliver to the sheriff of the
4 county in which such pawnbroker does business, on each day
5 before the hours of 12 o'clock noon, a legible and exact copy
6 from the standard record book, as required in Section 5 of
7 this Act, that lists all personal property and any other
8 valuable thing things received on deposit or purchased during
9 the preceding day, including together with the exact time
10 when received or purchased, and a description of the person
11 or person by whom left in pledge, or from whom the same were
12 purchased; provided, that in cities or towns having
13 twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants, a copy of the such
14 report shall at the same time also be delivered to the
15 superintendent of police or the chief police officer of such
16 city or town. Such report may be made by computer printout or
17 input memory device if the format has been approved by the
18 local law enforcement agency.
19 (Source: P.A. 84-479.)
20 (205 ILCS 510/10) (from Ch. 17, par. 4660)
21 Sec. 10. Sale of property. No personal property received
22 on deposit or pledge, or purchased by any such pawnbroker,
23 shall be sold or permitted to be redeemed or removed from the
24 place of business of such pawnbroker for the space of 72
25 twenty-four hours after the delivery of the copy and
26 statement required by Section 7 of this Act required to be
27 delivered to the officer or officers named therein; and no
28 personal property pawned or pledged shall be sold or disposed
29 of by any such pawnbroker within one year from the time when
30 the pawner or pledger shall make default in the payment of
31 interest on the money so advanced by the such pawnbroker,
32 unless by the written consent of such pawner or pledger.
33 (Source: Laws 1909, p. 300.)