Sec. 13.
(1) A pawnbroker shall not deface, scratch, obliterate, melt, separate, or break into parts any article or thing received by him or her in pawn, or otherwise or in any manner do, cause, or suffer to be done by others, anything that destroys or tends to destroy the identity of the article or thing, or tends to render the identification of the thing or article more difficult.
(2) A pawnbroker shall not accept by way of pledge, pawn, purchase, or exchange any article or thing that customarily bears a manufacturer's serial number or other identifying insignia unless the number or insignia is plainly visible on the article or thing.
History: 1917, Act 273, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 9696 ;-- CL 1948, 446.213 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 585, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2005
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 446 - Business Regulation
Act 273 of 1917 - Pawnbrokers (446.201 - 446.219)
Section 446.202 - Licenses; Issuance; Contents; Term; Transferability; Fee; Bond; Limitations.
Section 446.203 - Definitions.
Section 446.204 - Licensed Pawnbroker; Action Upon Bond.
Section 446.205 - Record of Property Received; Contents; Inspection; Form of Permanent Record.
Section 446.206 - Statement to Police of Articles Received; Contents.
Section 446.207 - Repealed. 1980, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1980.
Section 446.208 - Purchaser's Memorandum of Pawn; Contents.
Section 446.210 - Title to Item; Sale of Pledged or Pawned Item; Time of Possession.
Section 446.214 - Pawned Property; Acceptance From Certain Persons Prohibited.
Section 446.216 - Bond of Complainant; Amount, Surety.
Section 446.217 - Transaction of Business on Sunday Unlawful.
Section 446.218 - Violation of Act; Penalty.
Section 446.219 - Violation of Act; Revocation of License; Duration.