§445-135 Acting without license; penalty. No person shall engage in business as a pawnbroker without first obtaining a license from the treasurer. Any person who carries on the business of pawnbroker except by authority of the license provided for in this part shall be fined not less than $5,000 nor more than $25,000. [L 1886, c 28, §4; am L 1903, c 8, §2; RL 1925, §2075; RL 1935, §2496; RL 1945, §7100; RL 1955, §155-80; HRS §445-135; am L 1992, c 192, §4]