Pennsylvania Statutes Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) § 281-31. Penalties

Any person, partnership, association or corporation, or any partner, director, officer, agent or member thereof who shall engage in the business of pawnbroking in this Commonwealth without first obtaining a license under this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than five hundred ($500.00) dollars nor more than five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, and/or suffer imprisonment not less than six months nor more than three years, in the discretion of the court.

A pawnbroker licensed under the provisions of this act who shall violate any provision of this act, or shall direct or consent to such violation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense a like fine, and/or suffer imprisonment not to exceed one year, in the discretion of the court.