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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="12-301" title_number="12" title_name="Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Precious Metal Objects -- Records; Holding Period; Inspection">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each dealer shall make a written record, on a form provided by the Secretary, of each business transaction that involves the acquisition of a secondhand precious metal object when the transaction is made.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each dealer shall retain the original copy of the written record required to be made under paragraph (1) of this subsection at the dealer’s place of business.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each pawnbroker shall make a written record, on a form provided by the Secretary, of each business transaction that involves:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>lending money on pledge of personal property, other than a security or printed evidence of indebtedness;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>buying personal property on condition of selling it back at a stipulated price; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>buying the following items for the purpose of resale:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>binoculars;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>cameras;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>firearms;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>furs;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>household appliances;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>musical instruments;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>office machines or equipment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>radios, televisions, videodisc machines, videocassette recorders, and stereo equipment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>personal computers, tapes, and disc recorders;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>watches;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>bicycles; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>tangible personal property pledged as collateral.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each pawnbroker shall make a written record, on a form provided by the Secretary, of each transaction that involves the acquisition of an item described in subsection (b)(3) of this section for the purpose of resale.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A separate record entry shall be made for each item involved in a transaction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Items in a matching set may be recorded as a set if acquired in a single transaction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>During the holding period required under § 12–305 of this subtitle, a dealer may place all of the items acquired in a single transaction in a secure container that has been approved by the primary law enforcement unit, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each item in the transaction has a separate record entry in the written record required under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the secure container is tagged by the dealer with the number that corresponds to the transaction under which the items were acquired and the written record listing the items obtained in the transaction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When a dealer places items into the dealer’s inventory, the dealer shall tag each item individually with a number that corresponds to the transaction under which it was acquired. However, items acquired in a matching set may be tagged as a set.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each item tagged by a dealer under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall remain tagged for the entire period the item is stored in the dealer’s inventory.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>For the purposes of this subtitle, there is a presumption that an object is a precious metal object if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>it reasonably appears to be a precious metal object; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>it was received by a dealer in the course of business or is found in the place of business or storage facility of a dealer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
