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<blockquote data-quote="sohowcome" data-source="post: 5896354" data-attributes="member: 1945"><p>Oh a question I can answer!</p><p></p><p>I used to be a pawnbroker and our procedure at two different pawnshops (one in Iowa and one in Illinois) was to record as much identifying information about the item being pawned/purchased. This information would include; a description of item (weight & style of gold items for instance,) serial/model number if applicable, etc.</p><p></p><p>In Illinois a pawnbroker is required to hold their "buys" for three days until they can be sold and the reason is for what is described above. The LEO in both shops I worked in would receive an electronic file at the close of each day with all the buys/pawns for them to compare against any stolen item reports they may have. In addition to any "Buys" an Illinois pawnbroker is required to hold a pawned item past its 30 days for an additional 30 days to offer protection to the person requesting the loan, this is trivial since most people who are selling stolen goods will not ask for a pawn but will most likely want to sell it outright.</p><p></p><p>As long as the shop is doing the right thing by providing the LEO with the proper information on all their buys/pawns the person whose goods were stolen does not have recourse against the pawnshop itself. The pawnshop is the one who loses out by purchasing stolen goods; they lose the item and the money given for it. </p><p></p><p>HOWEVER, there is good information if your friends stuff is found, there should be a record of the person bringing in the item, you can only sell or pawn with a valid state issued photo ID (IL and IA for sure) so finding the person should be fairly easy. </p><p></p><p>My suggestion would be to have her file a police report and they should be able to contact the shop in question for a record of received items. </p><p></p><p>It almost sounds like your friend knows this person, which brings us back to what my dad always said which was, "Don't hang around people with questionable characters unless you want to be drawn into whatever bad things they have going on in their lives." If she does know the person and doesn't want to file charges the other way would be to take the pawn tickets down to the shop with the person and have them bought back; however, the shop owner has no obligation to sell said items back for what he bought them in good faith for, he might sell them back to gain something just in case she filed a police report and then he would risk losing out on the items/money. That is dependent on his tolerance for risk and his judgment of the situation.</p><p></p><p>Hope this gives a little insight from someone who has been on the other side of the counter and had to make purchases from people who were of questionable character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sohowcome, post: 5896354, member: 1945"] Oh a question I can answer! I used to be a pawnbroker and our procedure at two different pawnshops (one in Iowa and one in Illinois) was to record as much identifying information about the item being pawned/purchased. This information would include; a description of item (weight & style of gold items for instance,) serial/model number if applicable, etc. In Illinois a pawnbroker is required to hold their "buys" for three days until they can be sold and the reason is for what is described above. The LEO in both shops I worked in would receive an electronic file at the close of each day with all the buys/pawns for them to compare against any stolen item reports they may have. In addition to any "Buys" an Illinois pawnbroker is required to hold a pawned item past its 30 days for an additional 30 days to offer protection to the person requesting the loan, this is trivial since most people who are selling stolen goods will not ask for a pawn but will most likely want to sell it outright. As long as the shop is doing the right thing by providing the LEO with the proper information on all their buys/pawns the person whose goods were stolen does not have recourse against the pawnshop itself. The pawnshop is the one who loses out by purchasing stolen goods; they lose the item and the money given for it. HOWEVER, there is good information if your friends stuff is found, there should be a record of the person bringing in the item, you can only sell or pawn with a valid state issued photo ID (IL and IA for sure) so finding the person should be fairly easy. My suggestion would be to have her file a police report and they should be able to contact the shop in question for a record of received items. It almost sounds like your friend knows this person, which brings us back to what my dad always said which was, "Don't hang around people with questionable characters unless you want to be drawn into whatever bad things they have going on in their lives." If she does know the person and doesn't want to file charges the other way would be to take the pawn tickets down to the shop with the person and have them bought back; however, the shop owner has no obligation to sell said items back for what he bought them in good faith for, he might sell them back to gain something just in case she filed a police report and then he would risk losing out on the items/money. That is dependent on his tolerance for risk and his judgment of the situation. Hope this gives a little insight from someone who has been on the other side of the counter and had to make purchases from people who were of questionable character. [/QUOTE]
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