§ 8-289. Retention period.

(a)

All property received through any pawnshop transaction shall be held for at least 30 days before being disposed of by sale, transfer, shipment, or otherwise, except when property is redeemed as per a pawn transaction contract.

(b)

All property pledged, traded, pawned, exchanged or sold to the pawnshop shall be held and maintained on the premises of the licenses [licensed] pawnshop that completed the transaction, or, if impractical, at such other location as may have been previously approved in writing by the Chief of Police or his designee. No off-site locations will be approved which are outside of the City limits of Norcross.

(c)

The Norcross Police Department shall have the authority to place property that is the subject of a law enforcement investigation on "police hold". In that event, the Police Department shall notify the pawnshop of the need for the police hold and identify all property subject to the police hold. Such notification may be made verbally or electronically via the automated reporting system; however, written notice shall be provided within 24 hours of any verbal hold. Upon notification, it shall be the responsibility of the pawnshop to maintain the subject property until such time as the property is released from the police hold or the property is confiscated as evidence.

(Code 1979, § 9-2-3(4); Code 1998, § 14-453; Ord. No. 20-2011, 10-3-2011)