Section 726.420 – Effect of charging excessive interest or fees.
If any pawnbroker or agent, member, officer or employee thereof, or any other person is found by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to have charged, contracted for or received any interest, fees or other charges in excess of those permitted by ORS 726.390, then the pledge loan shall be void. […]
Section 726.440 – Enforcement orders.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may, if the director has reason to believe that a person has: (a) Violated, is violating or is about to violate ORS 726.040, 726.100, 726.110, 726.130, 726.270, 726.280, 726.285, 726.290, 726.300, 726.390, 726.400 or 726.410, a rule adopted under ORS 726.260 or an order […]
Section 726.450 – Tracking pledged articles; use of system; fee.
A city or county may impose and collect from a pawnbroker a fee of not more than $1 for each pledge loan the pawnbroker makes in a calendar year, except a renewal of a pledge loan, for the purpose of administering and using a system, including an electronic database, to track pledged articles. The pawnbroker […]
Section 726.910 – Civil penalties.
(1) Any person who violates ORS 726.040, 726.100, 726.110, 726.130, 726.270, 726.280, 726.285, 726.290, 726.300, 726.390, 726.400 or 726.410 or any rule adopted under ORS 726.260 or an order issued under ORS 726.440 shall forfeit a civil penalty in an amount determined by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services of not […]
Section 726.990 – Criminal penalties.
(1) Violation, or participation in the violation, of any provision of this chapter by any pawnbroker or any agent, member, officer or employee thereof, or any other person is a Class B misdemeanor. (2) Upon conviction under subsection (1) of this section, no license shall be granted to such person, nor to the spouse in […]
Section 726.330 – Delivery of pledge upon surrender of pawn ticket.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a pawnbroker shall not be required to deliver a pledge except upon surrender of the pawn ticket, unless the ticket is impounded or its negotiation enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 726.340 – Loss, destruction or theft of pawn ticket; affidavit; liability.
If a pawn ticket or memorandum is lost, destroyed or stolen, the pledgor shall notify the pawnbroker of the loss, destruction or theft in writing. The pawnbroker shall treat receipt of the notice as a stop against the pledge loan, and thereafter the provisions of ORS 726.310 and 726.320 do not apply to the pledge […]
Section 726.350 – Alteration.
The alteration of a pawn ticket shall not excuse the pawnbroker who issued it from liability to deliver the pledge according to the terms of the pawn ticket as originally issued, but shall relieve the pawnbroker of any other liability to the pledgor or holder of the pawn ticket.
Section 726.360 – Spurious pawn tickets.
If a pawn ticket is presented to a pawnbroker which purports to be the one issued by the pawnbroker, but which is found to be spurious, the pawnbroker may seize and retain it without any liability whatsoever to the holder thereof. Any such pawn ticket so seized shall be delivered or mailed immediately to the […]
Section 726.370 – Multiple claimants of pledge; interpleader.
(1) If more than one person claims the right to redeem a pledge, the pawnbroker is not liable for refusing to deliver the pledge until the respective rights of the claimants have been adjudicated unless the pawnbroker fails to verify whether the pledge is subject to a lien or other encumbrance, if the pledge is: […]