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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82155</law_id><section_number>54.1-4010</section_number><catch_line>Daily reports</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-4009</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Occupations Regulated by Local Governing Bodies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="40">Pawnbrokers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every pawnbroker shall prepare a daily report of all goods, articles, or things pawned or pledged with him or sold to him that day and shall file such report by noon of the following day with the chief of police or other <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer of the county, city, or town where his business is conducted designated by the local attorney for the Commonwealth to receive it. The report shall include the pledgor&#x2019;s or seller&#x2019;s name, residence, and driver&#x2019;s license number or other form of identification; a photograph or digital image of the form of identification used by the pledgor or seller; and a description of the goods, articles, or other things pledged or sold and, unless maintained in electronic format, shall be in writing and clearly legible to any person inspecting it. A pawnbroker may compile and maintain the daily report in an electronic format and, if so maintained, shall file the required daily reports electronically with the appropriate <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer through use of a disk, electronic transmission, or any other electronic means of reporting approved by the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer. Any local governing body, may by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, require a pawnbroker to maintain and file a daily report electronically through the use of a disk, electronic transmission, or any other electronic means of reporting approved by the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer. <a id="paragraph-294471" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-4010/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The Department of State Police shall adopt regulations for the uniform reporting of information required by this section. <a id="paragraph-294472" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-4010/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any natural person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-294473" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-4010/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-853; 1988, c. 765; 1998, c. 848; 2001, c. 401; 2002, c. 201; 2003, c. 448; 2010, cc. 540, 657; 2013, c. 262; 2019, c. 238.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
