KRS 226.010: Pawnbroker defined.

Any person who loans money on deposit of personal property, or who deals in the

purchase of personal property on condition of selling the property back again at a

stipulated price, or who makes a public display at his place of business of the sign

generally used by pawnbrokers to denote their business, or who publicly exhibits a sign

advertising money to loan on personal property or deposit is a pawnbroker.