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R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-26-1. Businesses subject to chapter
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Every person, partnership, or corporation, except a national bank or bank or trust company duly incorporated under the laws of this state, engaged in the business of loaning money on the security of a deposit of any personal property other than choses in action, whether or not a …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-26-10. Sale of unredeemed articles
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(a) No pawnbroker shall sell or dispose of any property pawned with him or her within three (3) months after the maturity of the loan on the property if not of a perishable nature; and, if perishable, for at least one month after that date. For the purposes of this section, “peri…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-26-11. Proceeds of sales
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The surplus money, if any, rising from the sale, after deducting the amount of the loan, the interest then due on the loan, and the proportionate expense of advertising, if any, and of selling, if at public auction, shall be paid over by the pawnbroker to the person who would be …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-26-12. Acceptance of pawns from incompetents, wastrels, or thieves
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(a) No pawnbroker shall receive in pledge or mortgage or by way of sale, either absolutely or with an agreement to sell back, any goods, note, bill, check, assignment or order for money or other property, or any article, thing, or property of any description, from any person, aft…