No person shall engage in business as a pawnbroker without having executed and delivered a bond to his local government in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000). The bond shall be in a form approved by the local government and shall be conditioned upon the conduct of the pawnbroker's business according to the provisions of the Pawnbrokers Act. The bond shall be for the benefit of each and every person damaged by a breach of any condition set forth in the bond. Every pawnbroker shall provide the local government with thirty days' notice in writing of the cancellation of the bond.
History: Laws 1985, ch. 228, ยง 6.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 56 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions
Section 56-12-1 - Short title.
Section 56-12-2 - Definitions.
Section 56-12-4 - Permits required; inspection fee; penalty.
Section 56-12-5 - Administration; applicability of other laws.
Section 56-12-6 - Pawnbroker; bond required.
Section 56-12-7 - Application for permit; requirements.
Section 56-12-8 - Suspension or revocation of permit; notice; hearing.
Section 56-12-9 - Pawnbroker reports; records; delivery; violations.
Section 56-12-10 - Pawn ticket.
Section 56-12-11 - Default; disposition of pledged property.
Section 56-12-12 - Record of disposition of pledged property.
Section 56-12-13 - Pawn service charge.
Section 56-12-14 - Prohibited practices.