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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-8 Holding requirements.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-8" heading="Holding requirements.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Required holding periods.">Subject to Police Department procedures permitting or authorizing shorter holding periods, each pawnbroker shall hold:<para num="(1)">reported transaction precious metal items on the premises for at least 18 days; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">all other reported transaction items on the premises for at least 10 days.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Additional holding period.">
      <para num="(1)">After the initial holding period required by subsection (a) of this section, a pawnbroker shall continue to hold a transaction item if:<para num="(i)">a law enforcement officer requests that the pawnbroker hold the item;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the law enforcement officer has reasonable cause to believe the item has been stolen; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the item has not been identified under &lt;cite data-path="|2|§11-9|(a)|(2)"&gt;§ 11-9(a)(2) of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">If a transaction item is placed on additional police hold under this subsection, the pawnbroker shall:<para num="(i)">continue to hold the item until:<para num="(A)">the police seize it;</para>
          <para num="(B)">the Police Department releases the police hold or directs the item to be released to its owner; or</para>
          <para num="(C)">1 year after the additional police hold was imposed; and</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">if requested to do so, submit to the Police Department a photograph of the item, either by electronic transmittal or by mail or hand delivery, by the same deadline as required by &lt;cite data-path="|2|§11-7"&gt;§ 11-7 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; for a daily report.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 15, §81(c)(1)(2nd sen.), (f)(2)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-332</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 08-073</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
