No pawnbroker licensed as provided in § 19-26-2 shall purchase any second-hand articles, or sell, dispose of, or keep for sale, any second-hand articles, unless they have been pawned to him or her and are sold under the provisions of § 19-26-10. Any article sold to the pawnbroker upon the understanding that the article is to be purchased from the pawnbroker by the seller of the article, or by any person acting for the seller, shall be deemed to have been pawned within the meaning of this chapter.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 105, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 126, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 131, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 364, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 19-26-7.