16-707.   Licensure; application; fee.(a) No person shall engage or continue in business as a pawnbroker or preciousmetal dealer withoutfirst obtaining a license therefor. If the person's place ofbusiness is inside the corporate limits of any city of the first or secondclass, the person shall obtain such license from the clerk of such city.If the person's place of business is outsidethe corporate limits of any such city, the person shall obtain suchlicense from the county clerk of the county in whichthe person's place of business is located.

      (b)   Application for a license shall be in writing and shallstate the full name and place of residence of the applicant. If theapplicant is a partnership, the application shall contain the name and placeof residence of each member thereof or, if a corporationor association, of each officer, shareholder or member thereof. The applicationshall include the address of theplaces where the business is to be conducted, the hours and days of theweek during which the applicant proposes to engage in the business of pawnbrokingor dealing in precious metals at each suchplace, and such other information as may be necessary to determine theapplicant's qualifications for a license in accordance with theprovisions of this act. Each applicant also shall submit withthe application:

      (1)   A statement that the applicant is the holder of a validregistration certificate issued by the director of revenue pursuant toK.S.A. 79-3608 for each place of business for which application for alicense is made; and

      (2)   a detailed inventory and description of allgoods, wares, merchandise, precious metals or other property held in pledgeor for sale at the time of the application at each place of business statedtherein, indicating whether the same was received in pledge, purchased assecondhand merchandise or precious metal purchased for resale.

      (c)   The license application shall be in a form approved bythe attorney general. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of$25 which shall be paid annually upon renewalof the license. All such fees received by the city clerk shall bedeposited in the city general fund, and all such fees received by thecounty clerk shall be deposited in the county general fund.

      History:   L. 1972, ch. 51, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 91, § 2; July 1.