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Investigative hold. Whenever a law enforcement official from any agency notifies a licensee not to sell an item, the item must not be sold or removed from the premises. The investigative hold shall be confirmed in writing by the originating agency within seventy-two (72) hours and will remain in effect for fifteen (15) days from the date of initial notification, or until the investigative order is canceled, or until an order to hold/confiscate is issued, pursuant to [section] (POLICE ORDER TO HOLD PROPERTD (b), whichever comes first. Order to hold. Whenever the chief of police, or the chiefs designee, notifies a licensee not to sell an item, the item must not be sold or removed from the licensed premises until authorized to be released by the chief or the chief's designee. The order to hold shall expire ninety (90) days from the date it is placed unless the chief of police or the chief's designee determines the hold is still necessary and notifies the licensee in writing. c. Order to confiscate. If an item is identified as stolen or evidence in a criminal case, the chief or chief's designee may: 1. Physically confiscate and remove it from the shop, pursuant to a written order from the chief or the chief's designee, or 2. Place the item on hold or extend the hold as provided in (POLICE ORDER TO HOLD PROPERTY) (b), and leave it in the shop. When an item is confiscated, the person doing so shall provide identification upon request of the licensee, and shall provide the licensee the name and phone number of the confiscating agency and investigator, and the case number related to the confiscation. 4. When an order to hold/confiscate is no longer necessary, the chief of police, or chiePs designee shall so notify the licensee. Subd. 5. Iuspection of items. At all times during the terms of the license, the licensee must allow law enforcement officials to enter the premises where the licensed business is located, including all off-site storage facilities as authorized in (BUSINESS AT ONLY ONE PL,dCE), during normal business hours, except in an emergency, for the purpose of inspecting such premises and inspecting the items, ware and merchandise and records therein to verify compliance with this Section or other applicable laws. Subd. 6. Label required. Licensees must attach a label to every item at the time it is pawned, purchased or received in inventory from any reportable transaction. Permanently recorded on this label must be the number or name that identifies the transaction in the shop's records, the transaction date, the name of the item and the description or the model and serial number of the item as reported to the police department, whichever is applicable, and the date the item is out of pawn or can be sold, if applicable. Labels shall not be re-used. Subd. 7. Prohibited Acts. 10 C:\Documents and Settings\adietl\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK7C7\Ordinance. Pawn. Goodrich.doc