Section 4727.10 - Prohibited transactions.

Ohio Rev Code § 4727.10 (2019) (N/A)
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(A) No person licensed as a pawnbroker shall recklessly receive any pledge or purchase any articles from any minor or from any person who is at the time intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance.

(B) No person licensed as a pawnbroker shall receive any pledge or purchase any articles from any person who is known or believed by the licensee to be a thief or a receiver of stolen property.

(C) No person licensed as a pawnbroker shall receive any pledge or purchase any articles from any person identified in writing to the licensee by the chief of police of a municipal corporation or township, the sheriff, or the state highway patrol as a known or suspected thief or receiver of stolen property.

(D) Division (C) of this section is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply.

Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 235, §1, eff. 3/28/2017.

Effective Date: 04-05-2001 .