Title XIX, Public Safety and Morals
14 chapters · 437 sections in this title.
KRS § 226.010 Pawnbroker defined
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Any person who loans money on deposit of personal property, or who deals in the purchase of personal property on condition of selling the property back again at a stipulated price, or who makes a public display at his place of business of the sign generally used by pawnbrokers to…
KRS § 226.020 Bond of pawnbroker
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Every person to whom a city or county license is granted to carry on the business of a pawnbroker shall annually enter into bond to the city or county, with good and sufficient surety, to be approved by the city legislative body or the county fiscal court, in the penal sum of one…
KRS § 226.030 Pawnbroker not to receive article from minor or during night
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No pawnbroker shall receive, by way of pledge or pawn, any article whatever from a minor at any time, nor from any person between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.
KRS § 226.040 Pawnbroker to keep register of loans and purchases -- Report to online transaction recording service accessible to law enforcement -- Information to be included in register -- State officers may inspect -- Holding period before resale -- Release of stolen property to law enforcement
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transaction recording service accessible to law enforcement -- Information to be included in register -- State officers may inspect -- Holding period before resale -- Release of stolen property to law enforcement. (1) Every pawnbroker shall keep a register of all loans and purcha…
KRS § 226.050 Pawnbroker to give ticket and receipt for articles -- Sale after sixty days -- Notice before sale
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Notice before sale. (1) Every pawnbroker shall give a plain written or printed ticket for the loan to the person negotiating or selling, and a plain written or printed receipt of the articles that have been purchased, or upon which money is loaned, having on each a copy of the en…
KRS § 226.060 Special provisions for city, and county containing city of first class or consolidated local government
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consolidated local government. The chief of police of a city of the first class or the chief of police of a county containing a city of the first class, or the chief of police of a consolidated local government, and persons acting by his orders may examine the books of any pawnbr…
KRS § 226.070 Daily reports in cities and unincorporated areas
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(1) Every pawnbroker in a city or in the unincorporated area of any county shall by 11 a.m. each day, make available to the chief of police of the city, the chief law enforcement officer of the county, or to the Department of Kentucky State Police, a true and correct written repo…
KRS § 226.080 Maximum interest -- Service charges
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Any pawnbroker, as defined in KRS 226.010, may, in loaning money on deposit of personal property, charge, contract for or receive interest at a rate not exceeding two percent (2%) per month on the unpaid principal balance of the loan, and may charge, contract for and receive a re…
KRS § 226.090 Receipts for payments
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Every pawnbroker, upon receiving any payment of money from a borrower, shall give to such person a plain and complete receipt for such payment, specifying separately the amount applied to principal and the amount applied to interest. In a case where the pawnbroker has purchased p…
KRS § 226.100 Powers of county police in enforcing chapter
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Enforcement of the provisions of this chapter shall be within the jurisdiction of the fiscal court of any county except that county police shall not exercise authority within the corporate limits of a city of ten thousand or more population. County police for the purpose of locat…
KRS § 226.990 Penalties
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(1) Any pawnbroker who violates any of the provisions of KRS 226.020 to 226.050 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and his license may be forfeited to the use of the city or county in which the prosecution takes place. (2) …