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Amending Section 9-603 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Pawnbrokers," and Section 9-615, entitled "Dealers in Precious Metals," to require pawnbrokers and dealers in precious metals to share transactional information with the Police Department through an internet-accessible electronic inventory tracking system, to comply with additional safeguards in order to facilitate the recovery of stolen property, to increase the license fee for dealers in precious metals and to enhance the penalties for violations; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 9-603 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
§ 9-603. Pawnbrokers.
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(2) Licenses.
(a) No person shall act as a pawnbroker unless he has obtained a license from the Department of Licenses and Inspections for each location from which that person seeks to act as a pawnbroker.
(b) No license to act as pawnbroker shall be issued unless the applicant:
(.1) has been licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as required by the Act of April 6, 1937, P.L. 200, 63 P.S. § 281. as amended;
(.2) pays an annual license fee of [$600] $200 for each location from which the applicant intends to operate.
(3) General Requirements.
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(c) [Every pawnbroker shall turn over to the Police Department at the end of each day a copy of every pawn ticket furnished to any pledger.] No pawnbroker may purchase an article of personal property from, receive a pledge of personal property from, or exchange personal property with a customer without first securing adequate identification from the customer. For purposes of this subsection, "securing adequate identification" means that at the time of the transaction, the pawnbroker shall take a digital photograph of the customer, obtain a clear imprint of the customer's left thumbprint and have the custome...
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