Every pawnbroker, licensed and operating under the provisions of this chapter, shall provide a place for the safekeeping of the pledges received by him or her, and this provision shall not be construed to be in reduction of any obligation which rests upon the pawnbroker to properly care for the articles pledged. For every violation of this section the pawnbroker shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-26-19
Safekeeping of pledges
G.L. 1896, ch. 105, § 15, as enacted by P.L. 1909, ch. 435, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 131, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 364, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 19-26-19.
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