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Section 398:1 – Tickets.

    398:1 Tickets. – If any person shall engage in business as a pawnbroker he shall, for any article or thing of value received in pawn or otherwise for the security of any loan, transfer, service, undertaking or advantage, give to the pledgor, or person for whom or for whose benefit the transaction is made […]

Section 398:10 – Waiver of Notice and Sale at Public Auction.

    398:10 Waiver of Notice and Sale at Public Auction. – If less than $25 has been loaned on any article so taken in pawn the requirement of notice, and of sale by public auction, may be waived by agreement of the parties, made in writing. In other cases the requirement cannot be waived. Source. […]

Section 398:11 – Interest.

    398:11 Interest. – The licensing board may fix the rate of interest which such pawnbrokers may receive on loans, and may fix different rates which may be received for different amounts of money lent; and no licensed pawnbroker shall charge or receive a greater rate of interest than that so fixed. The rates of […]

Section 398:12 – Records.

    398:12 Records. – Every such pawnbroker shall keep a book in which, at the time of making a loan, shall be legibly written in the English language an account and description of the goods, articles or things pawned or pledged, the amount of money loaned thereon, the time of pledging them, the rate of […]

Section 398:13 – Inspections.

    398:13 Inspections. – Any officer, having jurisdiction may enter upon any premises used by a licensed pawnbroker for the purposes of business, ascertain how the pawnbroker conducts his or her business and examine all articles taken in pawn or kept or stored in or upon said premises and all books and inventories relating thereto. […]

Section 398:14 – Penalty.

    398:14 Penalty. – Whoever, not being licensed, carries on such business or is concerned therein within such city or town; or, being licensed, carries on such business or is concerned therein in any other place or manner than that designated in his license or after notice to him that his license has been revoked; […]

Section 398:2 – Prohibited Pledges.

    398:2 Prohibited Pledges. – No person shall receive in pawn, whether as security for any loan, transfer, service, undertaking, or advantage: I. Anything of value from any minor or person in a visible state of intoxication from liquors or otherwise; II. In excess of 4 motor vehicles or titles to motor vehicles, as defined […]

Section 398:3 – Penalty.

    398:3 Penalty. – Whoever violates any provision of this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Source. 1907, 26:3. PL 172:3. RL 209:3. RSA 398:3. 1973, 528:270, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.

Section 398:4 – Where in Force.

    398:4 Where in Force. – This subdivision shall be in force in all cities having a population of more than 40,000, and in such other cities and towns as shall adopt its provisions. Source. 1909, 129:9. PL 172:14. RL 209:14.

Section 398:5 – Licenses.

    398:5 Licenses. – The governing body of any town, city, or unincorporated place may license suitable persons to carry on the business of pawnbrokers in said city, town, or place for one year, and may revoke such licenses, in their discretion, after a hearing on charges preferred. Source. 1909, 129:1. PL 172:4. RL 209:4. […]

Section 398:6 – Fees.

    398:6 Fees. – The fee for such license or renewal thereof shall be fixed by the board which issues the license, and shall be paid to the city or town in which the license is to be in force. No person in any city or town shall be required to pay a larger fee […]

Section 398:8 – Retention of Pledged Articles.

    398:8 Retention of Pledged Articles. – Articles deposited in pawn with a licensed pawnbroker shall, unless redeemed, be retained by him, on the premises occupied by him for his business, for at least 4 months after the date of deposit, if not of a perishable nature; and, if of a perishable nature, for at […]

Section 398:9 – Sale of Pledged Articles.

    398:9 Sale of Pledged Articles. – After the expiration of said time he may sell the same by public auction, upon the same conditions as to notice of sale, and application of proceeds of the sale, as are contained in RSA 444:1-5. Source. 1909, 129:2. PL 172:8. RL 209:8.