ORS 726.075
Grounds for denial of license


The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may not grant a license to engage in the business of pawnbroker to any person if any person named in the application submitted pursuant to ORS 726.060 (Application for license):

(1)

Is insolvent, either in the sense that the person’s liabilities exceed the person’s assets or that the person cannot meet obligations as they mature, or is in such financial condition that the person cannot continue in business with safety to the person’s customers;

(2)

Has engaged in dishonest, fraudulent or illegal practices or conduct in any business or profession;

(3)

Has willfully or repeatedly violated or failed to comply with a provision of the Oregon Bank Act, the Oregon Credit Union Act, the Oregon Consumer Finance Act or the Pawnbrokers Act, or any administrative rule or order adopted under an Act identified in this subsection;

(4)

Has been convicted of a crime, an essential element of which is fraud;

(5)

Is not qualified to conduct a pawnbroker business on the basis of such factors as training, experience and knowledge of the business;

(6)

Is permanently or temporarily enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction from engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice involving an aspect of the pawnbroker business;

(7)

Is the subject of an order of the director, subjecting the person to a civil penalty, or removing the person from an office in an entity regulated by either director; or

(8)

Is the subject of an order that was issued by the regulatory authority of another state or of the federal government with authority over such banking institutions, credit unions, consumer finance companies or savings associations, that was entered within the past five years and that subjects the person to a civil penalty or removes the person from an office in a state banking institution, a national bank, a state or federal savings association, a state or federal credit union or a consumer finance company. [1977 c.135 §55; 1985 c.762 §137; 2009 c.541 §47; 2011 c.597 §294]

Source: Section 726.075 — Grounds for denial of license, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors726.­html.

726.010
Definitions
726.020
Short title
726.030
Construction of chapter
726.040
Pawnbroker license required
726.050
Requirements for issuance of license
726.060
Application for license
726.070
Applicant to furnish bond or letter of credit
726.075
Grounds for denial of license
726.080
Issuance and denial of license
726.090
Form of license
726.100
Additional licenses to same applicant
726.110
Change of place of business
726.125
License fees
726.130
Annual report of licensee
726.150
Revocation and suspension of license
726.155
Procedure for license denial, revocation or suspension
726.170
Reinstatement or issuance of new license
726.180
Expiration of license
726.190
Surrender of license
726.250
Investigations and examinations
726.255
Investigation of pawnbrokers
726.260
Rules and rulings
726.270
Prohibited transactions
726.280
Register and records of licensee
726.285
Register and records of transactions by pawnbroker
726.290
Signing of card, stub or record by pledgor
726.300
Contents of pawn ticket
726.310
Person entitled to redeem pledge
726.320
Redemption by mail
726.330
Delivery of pledge upon surrender of pawn ticket
726.340
Loss, destruction or theft of pawn ticket
726.350
Alteration
726.360
Spurious pawn tickets
726.370
Multiple claimants of pledge
726.380
Loss of or injury to pledge
726.390
Interest rates and charges
726.395
Charges related to firearms
726.400
Loan period
726.410
Record of forfeited pledges
726.420
Effect of charging excessive interest or fees
726.440
Enforcement orders
726.450
Tracking pledged articles
726.910
Civil penalties
726.990
Criminal penalties
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