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N.Y. GBS Law § 45

This is the official text of N.Y. GBS Law § 45, part of New York’s GBS Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "GBS Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Book to be open to inspection

Official statutory text

§ 45. Book to be open to inspection. The said book and any and all\nother books and records regularly kept by such collateral loan broker\nshall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of the attorney\ngeneral, the state comptroller, the mayor or local licensing authority,\nall judges of the criminal courts, the superintendent of police, police\ninspectors, captains of police and police justices of such cities, or\nany or either of them, or of any person who shall be duly authorized in\nwriting for that purpose by any or either of them, and who shall exhibit\nsuch written authority to such collateral loan broker. The mayor or the\nlicensing authority of any local governing body, the state comptroller,\nthe attorney general and any person duly authorized by them shall have\nthe power to administer oaths and to examine under oath any such\ncollateral loan broker or any officer, or agent, of such collateral loan\nbroker and any other person having custody or control of such books and\nrecords. Such books and records shall be retained in the possession of\nthe collateral loan broker, in good condition and in an orderly fashion\nfor at least a period of six years.\n

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