Business and Professions Code section 21551

Every person dealing in secondhand goods, wares or merchandise, either as pawnbroker or otherwise, who buys or receives as a pledge any builders’ tools shall keep a register in which shall be entered all of the following:

(a)

The place, date and hour of the sale or pledge of any such tools.

(b)

The name, address and description of the seller or pledgor.

(c)

A description of the tools, including all numbers, letters, names and other identification marks appearing thereon.

(d)

The name and address of the individual to whom such tools were sold or pledged.

Source: Section 21551, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=21551.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1941; accessed Oct. 27, 2025).

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