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<section number="5-238.01" name="Release of stolen property" law="code" slug="sec-5-238.01" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_5BULI_DIV19SEPADE_S5-238.01RESTPR">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A dealer shall hold for, and release to, an authorized member of the County Police Department any item of personal property listed in Section 5-233 located at the place of business of the secondhand dealer if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The item is established to have been stolen;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The owner of the item or victim of the theft has:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Positively identified the item; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>Provided an affidavit of ownership; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The stolen property report describes the item.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>When the County Police Department no longer needs an item for evidence, the County Police Department shall give the item to its owner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A secondhand dealer or pawn dealer who is required to release an item under this Subdivision is not entitled to reimbursement for any pledge or purchase price paid for the item from:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The County Police Department to which the secondhand dealer or pawn dealer released the item;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The owner of the item; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The victim of the theft.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
