Sec. 21-47. Penalties.
Sec. 21-47. Penalties. (a) Any person, corporation, limited liability company or
partnership which engages in the business of a pawnbroker, or in any business described
in section 21-39, unless licensed according to law, or after notice that its license has
been revoked, shall be guilty of a class D felony, and also shall forfeit treble the amount
loaned on the property so pledged to any person injured thereby who sues therefor.
(b) Any person, corporation, limited liability company or partnership which wilfully
violates any of the provisions of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided or
neglects to keep a record-keeping system in the English language or to make the entries
therein as provided by law or refuses to allow the same to be inspected by the proper
officers or receives an article of personal property by way of pawn, pledge or purchase
from any minor, knowing or having reason to believe him to be a minor, shall be guilty
of a class A misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4668; P.A. 97-164, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 97-164 added reference to "limited liability company", increased the penalty for engaging in business
without a license to a class D felony, increased the penalty to a class A misdemeanor for violating provisions of the chapter
for which no other penalty is provided, neglecting to keep a record-keeping system or make the required entries, refusing
to allow inspection of such system and receiving property from a minor and designated said latter penalty provision as
new Subsec. (b).
Cited. 201 C. 89.