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Some pawnbrokers are trained in the identification of gems, or employ a specialist to assess jewelry. One of the risks of accepting secondhand goods is that the item may be counterfeit. The customer can either sell the item outright if, as in most cases, the pawnbroker is also a licensed secondhand dealer, or offer the item as collateral on a loan.
An Act to enable Thomas Dawson of Castle Dawson in the county of Londonderry, esquire, to make sale of several lands for payment of debts, and for settling an equivalent or other lands for Olivia Dawson, his wife and Arabella Dawson, late wife of Thomas Dawson the younger, deceased, for their several jointures, and for provision for Joshua ...
The National Pawnbrokers Association (NPA) is a USA-based trade association headquartered in Southlake, Texas. The NPA was founded in 1987 [1] to help the growing number of pawnbrokers in the United States. Today, there are more than 1500 members in the National Pawnbrokers Association. [2] [3]
The duration of a loan is three months, renewals being allowed. The old law was extended in 1867, [1] and now all pawnbrokers have to be licensed by the municipalities and to pay a small annual licence fee. The rate of interest varies from 6 to 12% according to the amount of the loan, which must not be less than 7d., and unredeemed pledges must ...
The Pawnbrokers Act 2015 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that relates to pawnbrokers. The 2015 Act repeals and re-enacts the Pawnbrokers Act (Chapter 222 of the 1994 Revised Edition) and also makes consequential amendments to certain other written laws.
Window of pawnbrokers shop at Black Country Living Museum. Pawnshops prospered in areas where the wages were low and unstable. In the Black Country in 1870 there were 160 pawnbrokers in the area, Walsall had 15 and Wednesbury had 48. [2] For a housewife with a large family to look after it was a constant struggle to make ends meet.
In 2014, there were 200 pawnbrokers in Hong Kong, with the number increasing over the next several years. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pawn shops are some of the oldest businesses in Hong Kong . [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The pawn shops themselves have several prominent features, including a screen to block the view of passersby, as well as a high counter.
An Act to defray until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expences of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons ...