"Pawnbroker" means any natural person who lends or advances money or other things for profit on the pledge and possession of tangible personal property, or other valuable things, other than securities or written or printed evidences of indebtedness or title, or who deals in the purchasing of personal property or other valuable things on condition of selling the same back to the seller at a stipulated price.
Va. Code Ann. § 54.1-4000
Definition of pawnbroker
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Commonwealth v. Car Pawn of Virginia, Inc. (1995)
Most recently applied in Pro's Closet v. City of Boulder (August 2019)
Code 1950, § 54-840; 1988, c. 765; 1998, c. 848; 2019, c. 238.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.