                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DAILY REPORTS (§ 54.1-4010)

A. 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
law-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&#8217;s or seller&#8217;s name, residence,
and driver&#8217;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 law-enforcement officer
through use of a disk, electronic transmission, or any other electronic means of
reporting approved by the law-enforcement officer. Any local governing body, may
by ordinance, 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 law-enforcement officer.

B. The Department of State Police shall adopt regulations for the uniform
reporting of information required by this section.

C. Any natural person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty
of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 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.