<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 8-85. - Penalties.</div>
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               (a)
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               Pursuant to G.S. 91A-11, every person, his guests, or employees who shall knowingly
               violate any of the provisions of this article shall on conviction be deemed guilty
               of a Class 2 misdemeanor and shall be fined a sum not to exceed $500.00 for each offense,
               and at the discretion of the court may be imprisoned for a period of time not to exceed
               30 days. If the violation is by an owner or major stockholder or managing partner
               of the pawnshop and the violation is knowingly committed by the owner, major stockholder
               or managing partner of the pawnshop, the licenses of the pawnshop may be suspended
               at the discretion of the court.
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               (b)
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               The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to violations of
               G.S. 91A-10(6), which shall be prosecuted under the state criminal statutes.
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               (c)
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               Any contract of pawn, the making or collecting of which violates any provision of
               this article, except as a result of accidental or bona fide error of computation,
               shall be void; and the licensee shall have no right to collect, receive or retain
               any interest or fee whatsoever with respect to such pawn.
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               (Ord. of 2-5-07(2), Â§ 8-66)
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