If any material, goods, articles or thing whatsoever shall be advertised as having been lost or stolen, and the same, or any material, goods, articles or things answering to the description advertised, or any part or portion thereof, shall then be in, or subsequently come into, the possession of any junk dealer, he shall immediately give information thereof in writing to the sheriff of the county, or the chief of police or constable, of the city, town or village in which the junk dealer does business, and state when and from whom the same was received. Any junk dealer who shall receive, or shall have in his possession any goods, article or thing that has been lost, or shall be alleged or supposed to have been lost or stolen from the owner thereof, shall exhibit the same on demand to the sheriff of the county, or any of his deputies, or to any member of the police force or constable, or other municipal or county official, of the city, town or village, or county in which said junk dealer does business, or to any person duly authorized in writing by any magistrate to inspect property in the possession of said junk dealer, who shall exhibit such authorization to said dealer.
History: Laws 1921, ch. 25, § 3; C.S. 1929, § 77-103; 1941 Comp., § 51-2603; 1953 Comp., § 49-7-3.
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