Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 16-718

  • Pawnbroker: means any person who loans money on deposit or pledge of personal property or other valuable thing, other than intangible personal property, or who deals in the purchase of personal property on the condition of selling the same back again at a stipulated price. See Kansas Statutes 16-706
  • Precious metal: means gold, silver or platinum group metals or any used articles or other used personal property containing such metals, but shall not include coins purchased for their numismatic value rather than their metal content or ingots or other industrial residue or by-products composed of such metals purchased from manufacturing firms. See Kansas Statutes 16-706
  • Precious metal dealer: means any person who engages in the business of purchasing precious metal for the purpose of reselling such metal in any form. See Kansas Statutes 16-706
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Law enforcement officers of a city or county shall have access during regular business hours to the place of business of any pawnbroker or precious metal dealer conducting business in the city or county. Access shall be for the purpose of periodically inspecting property pledged or purchased in the transaction of the business of the pawnbroker or precious metal dealer, and records relating to those transactions, to determine if the pawnbroker or dealer is complying with the provisions of this act.