Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 3862
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 3862
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- pawnbroker: as used in this chapter includes any person, partnership, or corporation, loaning money on deposit or pledge of personal property, other than securities or written evidences of indebtedness; or doing business as furniture storage warehousepersons, and loaning and advancing money upon goods, wares, or merchandise pledged or deposited as collateral security. See
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
§ 3862. License required
(a) A person shall not carry on the business of pawnbroker unless he or she has obtained a license so to do as provided in this section.
(b) The selectboard members of a town or the aldermen of a city may grant to such citizens as they deem proper, and who produce satisfactory evidence of their good character, a license authorizing such citizens to carry on the business of a pawnbroker. Such license shall designate the place in which such a person shall carry on such business, and such a person shall not carry on such business in any other place than the one designated in such license.
(c) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be fined $10.00 for each day of such violation. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 32.)