Any pawnbroker may surrender any license by delivering to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services written notice that the pawnbroker thereby surrenders such license, but such surrender shall not affect the pawnbroker’s civil or criminal liability for acts committed prior to the surrender.

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 726.190

  • Pawnbroker: means a person, copartnership, association or corporation that:

    (a) Lends money at a rate of interest greater than 10 percent per annum on the deposit or pledge of personal property;

    (b) Purchases personal property on the direct or implied condition of selling the personal property back at a stipulated price that would amount to paying interest or consideration in excess of 10 percent per annum; or

    (c) Does business as a storage warehouse operator and lends money at a rate of interest greater than 10 percent per annum upon goods, wares, merchandise or personal property pledged or deposited as collateral security. See Oregon Statutes 726.010