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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="12-202" title_number="12" title_name="Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant for a license shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>submit to the Secretary an application on the form that the Secretary provides; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pay to the Secretary an application fee of $300.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The application fee is nonrefundable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The applicant shall sign the application under oath.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In addition to any other information that the Secretary requires, the application shall state:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name, date of birth, and residence address of the applicant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the fixed business address of the applicant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the fixed address in the State where precious metal objects will be stored, if different from the fixed business address, provided, however, that a bank or safe deposit box is not an acceptable storage location unless written consent by the applicant and a bank official authorizing access to the storage facility and examination of its contents by law enforcement officers or agents accompany the application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a telephone number at which the applicant can be reached during normal business hours;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>each address where the applicant has conducted any business during the 36 months before application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the driver’s license number, if any, of the applicant; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the name and permanent address of each employee who will work with the applicant in the business of the applicant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The application form shall contain, immediately above the signature line, the following:</text>
    <text>“If issued a license, I agree to allow a municipal, county, or State police officer or agent acting in the course of a stolen property investigation or an investigation of a violation of this title to inspect and photograph all precious metal objects and records at my business or storage locations.”</text>
  </level>
</section>
