40-14-359. Definitions; application. (a) As used in W.S. 40-14-359 through 40-14-361: (i) 'Pawnbroker' means a person licensed pursuant to W.S. 40-14-634 to engage in the business of making pawn transactions; (ii) 'Pawn finance charge' means the sum of all charges, payable directly or indirectly by the customer and imposed directly or indirectly by the pawnbroker as an incident of the pawn transactions; (iii) 'Pawn transaction' means the act of lending money on the security of pledged tangible personal property, or the act of purchasing tangible personal property on the condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller for a fixed price within a fixed period of time. (b) W.S. 40-14-359 through 40-14-361 shall not supersede the rights of cities, towns and counties to regulate and license pawnshops in any fashion consistent with this act. The rights of cities, towns and counties to regulate pawn finance charges and maturities are preempted.
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