(1) The
term of the loan shall be for a period of ninety days to include
the date of the loan.
(2) A pawnbroker shall not sell any property received in
pledge, until a minimum of ninety days has expired. However, if
a pledged article is not redeemed within the ninety-day period of
the term of the loan, the pawnbroker shall have all rights,
title, and interest of that item of personal property. The
pawnbroker shall not be required to account to the pledgor for
the proceeds received from the disposition of that item. Any
provision of law relating to the foreclosures and the subsequent
sale of forfeited pledged items, shall not be applicable to any
pledge as defined under this chapter, the title to which is
transferred in accordance with this section.
(3) Every loan transaction entered into by a pawnbroker
shall be evidenced by a written document, a copy of which shall
be furnished to the pledgor. The document shall set forth the
term of the loan; the final date on which the loan is due and
payable; the loan preparation fee; the storage fee; the firearm
fee, if applicable; any other fee allowed under law that is
charged; the amount of interest charged every thirty days; the
total amount due including the principal amount, the preparation
fee, and all interest charges due if the loan is outstanding for
the full ninety days allowed by the term; and the annual
percentage rate, and shall inform the pledgor of the pledgor's
right to redeem the pledge at any time within the term of the
loan.
(4) If a person who has entered into a loan transaction with
a pawnbroker in this state is unable to redeem and repay the loan
on or before the expiration of the term of the loan, and that
person wishes to retain his or her rights to use that item by
rewriting the loan, and if both parties mutually agree, an
existing loan transaction may be rewritten into a new loan,
either in person or by mail. All applicable provisions of this
chapter shall be followed in rewriting a loan, except that where
an existing loan is rewritten by mail RCW 19.60.020(1) (a) and
(g) shall not apply.
[2007 c 125 § 2; 1995 c 133 § 3; 1991 c 323 § 8; 1984 c 10 § 10.]