(a) Pawnbrokers that are in business when a municipality adopts an ordinance under this chapter must apply for a license and pay the required fee within six months of adoption of the ordinance.

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 325J.12

  • Municipality: means any town, home rule charter or statutory city, or county that elects to regulate and license pawnbrokers within its jurisdiction pursuant to local ordinance. See Minnesota Statutes 325J.01

(b) A county that has adopted an ordinance under Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 471.924 to 471.927, must conform the ordinance to this chapter by August 1, 1997. Pawnbrokers that are in business when a municipality adopts a new ordinance under this chapter must apply for a license and pay the required fee within six months of the adoption of the new ordinance.