States military identification card, or a passport issued by the United States. (C) A pawn or purchase transaction must be performed by the owner of the property, or his authorized agent, whose identity and agency relationship must be verified by the pawnbroker.” SECTION 2. Section 403990 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: 403990. (A) Records kept by pawnbrokers pursuant “Section to this chapter must at all reasonable times be open to the inspection by court officials, law enforcement officers, the administrator of the Department of Consumer Affairs, and their designees. Any loan records identifying any individual must be handled in a confidential manner at all times. (B) Pawnshops operating in this State shall provide all records of pledged items by electronic data transfer to a database system accessible by law enforcement and approved by the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs. SECTION 3. Section 4039145 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: 4039145. (A)(1) When an appropriate law enforcement “Section official has probable cause to believe that property in the possession of a pawnbroker is misappropriated or stolen, he may place a written hold order on the property. The written hold order must impose a holding period not to exceed ninety days unless extended by court order. The appropriate law enforcement official may rescind, in writing, any hold order. An appropriate law enforcement official may place only one hold order on the property at any given time. (2) A hold order must specify: (a) the name and address of the pawnbroker; (b) the name, title, and identification number of the representative of the appropriate law enforcement official or the court placing the hold order; (c) the name and address of the appropriate law enforcement official or court to which such representative is attached and the number, if any, assigned to the claim regarding the property; (d) a complete description of the property to be held, including model number and serial number if applicable; (e) the name of the person reporting the property to be misappropriated or stolen, unless otherwise prohibited by law; (f) the mailing address of the pawnbroker where the property is held; and (g) the expiration date of the holding period.
States military identification card, or a passport issued by the United States. (C) A pawn or purchase transaction must be performed by the owner of the property, or his authorized agent, whose identity and agency relationship must be verified by the pawnbroker.” SECTION 2. Section 403990 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 403990. (A) Records kept by pawnbrokers pursuant to this chapter must at all reasonable times be open to the inspection by court officials, law enforcement officers, the administrator of the Department of Consumer Affairs, and their designees. Any loan records identifying any individual must be handled in a confidential manner at all times. (B) Pawnshops operating in this State shall provide all records of pledged items by electronic data transfer to a database system accessible by law enforcement and approved by the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs. SECTION 3. Section 4039145 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 4039145. (A)(1) When an appropriate law enforcement official has probable cause to believe that property in the possession of a pawnbroker is misappropriated or stolen, he may place a written hold order on the property. The written hold order must impose a holding period not to exceed ninety days unless extended by court order. The appropriate law enforcement official may rescind, in writing, any hold order. An appropriate law enforcement official may place only one hold order on the property at any given time. (2) A hold order must specify: (a) the name and address of the pawnbroker; (b) the name, title, and identification number of the representative of the appropriate law enforcement official or the court placing the hold order; (c) the name and address of the appropriate law enforcement official or court to which such representative is attached and the number, if any, assigned to the claim regarding the property; (d) a complete description of the property to be held, including model number and serial number if applicable; (e) the name of the person reporting the property to be misappropriated or stolen, unless otherwise prohibited by law; (f) the mailing address of the pawnbroker where the property is held; and (g) the expiration date of the holding period.
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