Section 5-19A-16
Penalties for failure to secure license.
Any person who engages in the business of operating a pawnshop without first securing the license prescribed by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not in excess of $1,000.00 or by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, or for both.
(Acts 1992, No. 92-597, p. 1227, §16.)