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§ 08-76-590 — Alaska Law | CourtGPT
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  7. § 08-76-590
Alaska Legal Code

§ 08-76-590

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In AS 08.76.100 - 08.76.590, (1) 'amount financed' means the amount of money, excluding a finance fee, charged by a pawnbroker for a pawn transaction; (2) 'business' includes advertising; (3) 'claim' means a claim under AS 08.76.370; (4) 'claimant' means a person who makes a claim; (5) 'department' means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; (6) 'evidentiary hold order' means an evidentiary hold order authorized under AS 08.76.330; (7) 'finance fee' means all the amounts that a pawnbroker may charge under AS 08.76.210; (8) 'governmental fee' means a fee imposed by a governmental agency on a pawnbroker to hold or transfer a firearm or conduct a background check required by the governmental agency; (9) 'grace period' means the 30-day period after a maturity date during which a pawnbroker is required by AS 08.76.270(b) to retain possession of pledged property; (10) 'hold order' means a police hold order or an evidentiary hold order; (11) 'identification' means (A) a government-issued identification document that contains a photograph; or (B) an electronic image of a document identified under (A) of this paragraph; (12) 'knowingly' has the meaning given in

(A) a government-issued identification document that contains a photograph; or (B) an electronic image of a document identified under (A) of this paragraph; (12) 'knowingly' has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900; (13) 'law enforcement agency' means (A) the police department of a municipality where a pawnshop is located; (B) the Department of Law; (C) the Department of Public Safety; (14) 'law enforcement officer' means (A) a police officer of the municipality where a pawnshop is located; or (B) a state trooper if a pawnshop is located in the unorganized borough or if a pawnshop is located in a municipality that does not provide police protection services; (15) 'law enforcement report' means a report required by AS 08.76.410; (16) 'lease' means any form of rental; (17) 'license' means a license to engage in business as a pawnbroker issued under AS 08.76.110; (18) 'licensee' means a person who holds a license; (19) 'maturity date' means the date by which a pledgor is required to pay a pawnbroker the amount financed and the finance fee for a pawn transaction, but does not include a grace period; (20) 'misappropriated' means pledged or sold to a pawnbroker (A) after being stolen; or

pawnbroker the amount financed and the finance fee for a pawn transaction, but does not include a grace period; (20) 'misappropriated' means pledged or sold to a pawnbroker (A) after being stolen; or (B) while being leased to the pledgor or seller by another person if the property has a permanent label or other conspicuous mark identifying it as another person's property; (21) 'pawnbroker' means a person who lends money in exchange for a pledge of property; (22) 'pawnbroker transaction' means a pawn transaction or purchase; (23) 'pawn transaction' means a pledge given in exchange for a loan by a pawnbroker; (24) 'personal property' means tangible personal property, but does not include a security, a title to property, a deed, a bill of sale, or printed evidence of indebtedness; (25) 'pledge' means a deposit of property as security for payment of financial obligations to a pawnbroker in a pawn transaction; (26) 'pledged property' means the property that is pledged in a pawn transaction; (27) 'pledgor' means (A) a person who delivers property to a pawnbroker for a pawn transaction; or (B) the principal, if the person who delivers property to a pawnbroker for a pawn transaction

ction; (27) 'pledgor' means (A) a person who delivers property to a pawnbroker for a pawn transaction; or (B) the principal, if the person who delivers property to a pawnbroker for a pawn transaction discloses that the delivery person is acting for a principal; (28) 'police hold order' means a hold order authorized under AS 08.76.320; (29) 'property' means personal property; (30) 'purchase' means a purchase of property by a pawnbroker that is not a pawn transaction; (31) 'redeem' means to obtain the return of pledged property under AS 08.76.270; (32) 'register' means the register required to be maintained by AS 08.76.180; (33) 'registration fee' means a fee for registering a firearm; (34) 'seller' means a person who sells property to a pawnbroker, but does not include a pledgor; (35) 'transaction agreement' means the transaction agreement required by AS 08.76.200.