Code of Alabama
Chapter 19A - Alabama Pawnshop Act.
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.

(a) In addition to any other penalty which may be applicable, any licensee who willfully violates this chapter or who willfully makes a false entry in any record specifically required 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 per violation or false entry.
(b) Compliance with this chapter shall be enforced by the supervisor who may exercise any authority conferred by law.
(c) When the supervisor has reasonable cause to believe that a person is violating this chapter, the supervisor, in addition to and without prejudice to the authority provided elsewhere in this chapter, may enter an order requiring the person to stop or to refrain from the violation. The supervisor may sue in any circuit court of the state having jurisdiction and venue to enjoin the person from engaging in, continuing the violation, or from doing any act in furtherance of the violation. In an action, the court may enter an order or judgment awarding a preliminary or permanent injunction.

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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.