[Jewelry making - Article 00161] - Re: [Orchid] Can a Pawnshop Legally Sell Our Stolen Goods?

[waayne]

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    As with any legal question the answer will vary with the
    jurisdiction. In the United States Pawn Shops are largely regulated
    by the individual States so an answer which is correct for one State
    may not be correct in another. Many cities also may have regulations
    and or statutes which may enter into the answer, which makes any
    attempt at a universal answer exceedingly difficult. Now having
    stated this I am of the lay opinion that in many jurisdictions Pawn
    Shops, which operate under considerable legal supervision, may
    legally sell items which they have purchased even IF these items
    later prove to have been stolen, and the Pawn Shop was not aware of
    the sellers inability to have transferred ownership. 

WayneM

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