Sec. 21-40. Issuance of licenses. Fees. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 21-40. Issuance of licenses. Fees. The selectmen of any town and the chief of police of any city may grant licenses to suitable persons to be pawnbrokers and to carry on the business of lending money on the deposit or pledge of personal property, or of purchasing such property on condition of selling it back again at a stipulated price, or of purchasing such property from a person who is not a wholesaler, in such town or city respectively, and may revoke such licenses for cause; but the selectmen shall not grant such licenses for the carrying on of such business within the limits of any city. The person so licensed shall pay, for the benefit of any such city or town, respectively, to the authority granting such license a license fee of fifty dollars, and twenty-five dollars per year thereafter for renewal of such license, and shall, at the time of receiving such license, file, with the mayor of such city or the first selectman of such town, a bond to such city or town, with competent surety, in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, to be approved by such licensing authority, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties and obligations pertaining to the business so licensed. Each such license shall designate the place where such business is to be carried on and shall continue one year unless sooner revoked. No license shall be issued under this section by the selectmen or chief of police to any person who has been convicted of a felony. The selectmen or chief of police may require any applicant for a license under this section to submit to state and national criminal history records checks. If the selectmen or chief of police require such criminal history records checks, such checks shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4664; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 28; P.A. 97-164, S. 2; P.A. 01-175, S. 18, 32.)

      History: 1972 act provided for $25 fee per year for renewal of license; P.A. 97-164 included the business of lending money on the "deposit" of personal property and the business "of purchasing such property from a person who is not a wholesaler", prohibited the issuance of a license to any person convicted of a felony, authorized the fingerprinting of applicants and required any fingerprints taken to be submitted to the F.B.I. for a national criminal history records check; P.A. 01-175 replaced provisions re fingerprinting and national criminal history records check with provisions re state and national criminal history records checks pursuant to Sec. 29-17a, effective July 1, 2001.

      Cited. 201 C. 89.