Sec. 5-239. Inspections by police

Any authorized member of the County Police Department may, during normal business hours and in the presence of the secondhand dealer or pawn dealer or his representative, inspect at the dealer's place of business the records required to be kept by this Division and any item of property listed in Section 5-233. If the secondhand dealer or pawn dealer refuses to permit such an inspection, a search warrant shall be obtained and the Secondhand Dealer of Pawn Dealer's License for the refusing dealer shall automatically be suspended pending the outcome of the inspection and until the suspension is terminated by the Director of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement. It shall be unlawful for a secondhand dealer or pawn dealer to operate as such while his license is suspended.