Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 678
       
       
        
       By Senator Truenow
       
       
       
       
       
       13-01658-25                                            2025678__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to pawnbroker transaction forms;
    3         amending s. 539.001, F.S.; authorizing pawnbroker
    4         transaction forms to be in digital or printed formats;
    5         providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section
   10  539.001, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         539.001 The Florida Pawnbroking Act.—
   12         (8) PAWNBROKER TRANSACTION FORM.—
   13         (a) At the time the pawnbroker enters into any pawn or
   14  purchase transaction, the pawnbroker shall complete a pawnbroker
   15  transaction form for such transaction, including an indication
   16  of whether the transaction is a pawn or a purchase, and the
   17  pledgor or seller shall sign such completed form. The agency
   18  must approve the design and format of the pawnbroker transaction
   19  form, which must be 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches in size and elicit
   20  the information required under this section in a digital or
   21  printed format. In completing the pawnbroker transaction form,
   22  the pawnbroker shall record the following information, which
   23  must be typed or written indelibly and legibly in English.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.