Code of Alabama
Chapter 19A - Alabama Pawnshop Act.
Section 5-19A-16 - Penalties for Failure to Secure License.

Any person who engages in the business of operating a pawnshop without first securing the license prescribed by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not in excess of $1,000.00 or by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, or for both.

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Code of Alabama

Title 5 - Banks and Financial Institutions.

Chapter 19A - Alabama Pawnshop Act.

Section 5-19A-1 - Short Title.

Section 5-19A-2 - Definitions.

Section 5-19A-3 - Pawnbroker to Enter on Pawn Ticket Record of Information.

Section 5-19A-4 - Certain Information to Be Printed on Pawn Tickets.

Section 5-19A-5 - Statement Verifying Pledgor Is Rightful Owner of Goods; Pawnbroker to Maintain Record of Transactions; Goods to Be Maintained on Premises for Certain Number of Days Before Resale.

Section 5-19A-6 - Redemption or Automatic Forfeiture of Pledged Goods.

Section 5-19A-7 - Pawnshop Charge; Amounts in Excess of Pawnshop Charge.

Section 5-19A-8 - Certain Acts by Pawnbrokers Prohibited.

Section 5-19A-9 - Pledgor Presenting Pawn Ticket Entitled to Redeem or Repurchase Goods; Lost or Damaged Pledged Goods in Possession of Pawnbroker; Lost, Destroyed, or Stolen Pawn Ticket.

Section 5-19A-10 - Liens for Pawnbrokers; Pledged Goods Not Redeemed on or Before Maturity Date Fixed in Ticket.

Section 5-19A-11 - Licensing Generally; Annual Fee; Temporary License; When New License Not Required Upon Change in Ownership.

Section 5-19A-12 - Eligibility for Pawnshop License; Application Fee.

Section 5-19A-13 - Suspension or Revocation of License; Notice and Hearing; Surrender of License.

Section 5-19A-14 - Application for New Pawnshop License, Transfer of Existing License, Etc.

Section 5-19A-15 - No Confiscation of Property Pledged to Pawnbroker if Property May Be Put on Seven-Day Hold; When Property May Be Placed on Hold.

Section 5-19A-16 - Penalties for Failure to Secure License.

Section 5-19A-17 - Penalties for Willful Violation of Chapter or for False Entry in Required Records; Compliance Enforced by Supervisor; Order Requiring Person to Refrain From Violation.

Section 5-19A-18 - Department of Public Safety to Supply Available Arrest and Conviction Records.

Section 5-19A-19 - Ordinances to Be in Compliance With but Not More Restrictive Than Chapter.

Section 5-19A-20 - Pawnbrokers to Be Subject to Licensing and Issuance Fees Under Chapter 12 of Title 40; Chapter Not to Repeal Uniform Commercial Code.