Oregon Statutes 726.450 – Tracking pledged articles; use of system; fee
A city or county may impose and collect from a pawnbroker a fee of not more than $1 for each pledge loan the pawnbroker makes in a calendar year, except a renewal of a pledge loan, for the purpose of administering and using a system, including an electronic database, to track pledged articles. The pawnbroker may charge a pledgor only the amount of the fee that the city or county imposes under this section. [2009 c.372 § 7]
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 726.450
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- 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
- Pledge: means personal property deposited with a pawnbroker in the course of the business of the pawnbroker. See Oregon Statutes 726.010
- Pledge loan: means a loan that a pawnbroker makes to a pledgor and that is secured by a pledge. See Oregon Statutes 726.010
- Pledgor: means a person who delivers a pledge into the possession of a pawnbroker, unless the person discloses that the person is or was acting for another, in which event 'pledgor' means the disclosed principal. See Oregon Statutes 726.010
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