(a) “Article field descriptor,” as used in this chapter and Business and Professions Code section 21628, subdivision (a)(1)(B), means the preset descriptive categories denoting tangible personal property developed by the Department.

(b) “Department” means the California Department of Justice.

(c) “Identification number” means the identification, serial, or other identifying number on the face of the identification presented by the intended seller or pledger.

(d) “Intended seller or pledger address” means the dwelling the intended seller or pledger considers their established or principal home and to which, if absent, they intend to return. It can be real or personal property, fixed or mobile, and located on land or water.

(e) “Licensing authority,” as used in this chapter, Business and Professions Code, division 8, chapter 9, article 4, commencing at section 21625, and Financial Code, division 8, chapter 3, commencing at section 21300, means the police department or sheriff's office issuing the pawnbroker or secondhand dealer license.

(f) “Model” means model name or number of the tangible personal property.

(g) “Owner-applied number,” as used in this chapter and Business and Professions Code section 21628, subdivision (a)(1)(A), means a number permanently affixed by the owner on the tangible personal property.

(h) “Person taking the information,” as used in this chapter and Business and Professions Code section 21628, subdivision (e)(1), means the store representative taking and verifying the intended seller or pledger's information and obtaining the property description information.

(i) “Plain text description,” as used in this chapter and Business and Professions Code section 21628, subdivision (a)(1)(A), means a property description generally accepted by the pawn and secondhand industry that conveys to a reasonable person the clear nature of the property. The “plain text description” entry shall not make reference to the “plain text descriptor.”

(j) “Plain text descriptor,” as used in this chapter and in Business and Professions Code section 21628, subdivision (a)(1)(B), and “plain text property descriptor” as used in Business and Professions Code section 21628, subdivision (d)(1), means a concise, non-abbreviated, key word(s) property description generally accepted by the secondhand industry that conveys to a reasonable person the clear nature of the property. The “plain text descriptor” entry shall not make reference to the “plain text description.”

(k) “Transaction date” means the calendar date the tangible personal property is received by a licensed pawnbroker or secondhand dealer.

(l) “Transaction time” means the Pacific Time Zone time the tangible personal property is received by a licensed pawnbroker or secondhand dealer.

(m) “Transaction type” means pawn, buy, trade, consign, or auction.

(n) “United States” means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and any territory or possession of the United States.