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• <br /> A. Following notification from a law enforcement <br /> agency that an item of property has been reported as <br /> stolen, the pawnbroker or secondhand dealer shall hold <br /> that property intact and safe from alteration, damage, <br /> or commingling. The pawnbroker or secondhand dealer <br /> shall place an identifying tag or other suitable <br /> identification upon the property so held. Property <br /> held shall not be released for one hundred twenty days <br /> from the date of police notification unless released by <br /> written consent of the applicable law enforcement <br /> agency or by order of a court of competent <br /> jurisdiction. In cases where the applicable law <br /> enforcement agency has placed a verbal hold on an item, <br /> that agency must then give written notice within ten <br /> business days. If such written notice is not received <br /> within that time, the hold order will cease. The <br /> pawnbroker or secondhand dealer shall give a twenty day <br /> written notice before the expiration of the one hundred <br /> twenty-day holding period to the applicable law <br /> enforcement agency about the stolen property. If <br /> notice is not given within the required twenty days, <br /> then the hold on the property shall continue for an <br /> additional one hundred twenty days. The applicable law <br /> enforcement agency may renew the holding period for <br /> additional one hundred twenty-day periods as necessary. <br /> After the receipt of notification from a pawnbroker or <br /> secondhand dealer, if an additional holding period is <br /> required, the applicable law enforcement agency shall <br /> give the pawnbroker or secondhand dealer written <br /> notice, prior to the expiration of the existing hold <br /> order. A law enforcement agency shall not place on <br /> hold any item of personal property unless that agency <br /> reasonably suspects that the item of personal property <br /> is a lost or stolen item. Any hold that is placed on <br /> an item will be removed as soon as practicable after <br /> the item on hold is determined not to be stolen or <br /> lost. <br /> B. If a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer has good <br /> cause to believe that any property in his or her <br /> possession has been previously lost or stolen, the <br /> pawnbroker or secondhand dealer shall promptly report <br /> that fact to the applicable chief of police or county's <br /> law enforcement officer together with the name of the <br /> owner, if known, and the date when, and the name of the <br /> person from whom it was received. <br /> Section 5: Section 7 of Ordinance 1050-84 (EMC 5. 32 . 070) , <br /> which reads as follows: <br /> 8 <br />