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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 18 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF <br />PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1988, BY ADDING SECTION 18-2.1 <br />PERTAINING TO EXAMINATION AND SEARCH AND SEIZURE OF PROPERTY <br />OF PAWNBROKERS. <br /> <br /> BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of <br />Virginia: <br /> <br /> 1. That the Code of the City of Portsmouth, <br />1988, be amended by adding thereto Section 18-2.1 <br />follows: <br /> <br />Portsmouth, <br /> <br />Virginia, <br />to read as <br /> <br />Section 18-2.1. <br /> <br />Examination and search and seizure of <br />property of pawnbrokers. <br /> <br /> Every pawnbroker and every employee of the pawnbroker <br />shall admit to the pawnbroker's place of business during <br />regular business hours the chief of police or his designee to <br />search for and take into possession any article known to the <br />chief of police or his designee to be missing or believed by <br />him to have been stolen. <br /> <br />2. This ordinance shall take effect on July 1, 1990. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, at a meeting held on June 26, 1990. <br /> <br />Tes te: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />