This chapter has been enacted pursuant to the authority granted
the Town by RSA 322 and RSA 398.
The intent of this chapter is to establish a system which fairly
and impartially regulates retail transactions of a pawn or secondhand
nature for the purpose of:
A. Identifying stolen property unintentionally received by the regulated
parties; and
B. Detection of regulated parties intentionally transacting business
in stolen property.
No secondhand dealer/pawnbroker, nor any person employed by
a secondhand dealer/pawnbroker, shall directly or indirectly purchase
any aforementioned article from anyone under 18 years old, knowing
or having reason to believe him or her to be such, except when said
minor is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, who shall sign
the transaction record in person before said dealer.