{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-117.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 5-117.03","heading":"Examination of property pledged to pawnbroker.","body":"Any member of the police force, when thereto authorized in writing by the Chief of Police, and having in his possession a pawnbroker’s receipt or ticket, shall be allowed to examine the property purporting to be pawned or pledged, or deposited upon said receipt or ticket, in whosesoever possession said property may be; but no such property shall be taken from the possessor thereof without due process or authority of law.","path":["Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.","Chapter 1. Metropolitan Police.","Subchapter IX. Supervisory Power Over Certain Businesses."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/5-117.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"89647e9132d33b5086e69dd9068f3da030bce558cda120073155b3c49e43cf42","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-117.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-117.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}