7.09.030 License Required

(a) A person shall not engage in business as a pawnbroker in the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory without first obtaining a license from the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe.

(b) Each license is valid for one year from the date of issuance unless it is earlier relinquished, suspended, or revoked. Each license shall be renewed annually and each licensee shall initially and thereafter annually pay to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe a license fee of $1,000.00 (one-thousand dollars). Licenses shall not be transferable from one physical location to another or from one person to another.

(c) The initial license shall be approved by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, as represented by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council, thereafter, the Compliance Department is granted the authority to make any determinations regarding any suspensions, revocations, renewals, temporary, or conditional licenses and are also granted the authority to issue orders of suspension, revocation, to impose fines and penalties and to issue renewed, temporary, or conditional licenses.

(d) A licensee who seeks to move a pawnshop to another location must give the Compliance Department and the appropriate law enforcement official 30 days prior written notice and received pre-approval for the new location.

(e) A person must apply to the Compliance Department for a new license upon any change, directly or beneficially, in the ownership of any pawnshop