It is unlawful for a pawnbroker to accept an artificial limb as collateral.

The Law

During times of extreme economic hardship, desperate individuals would literally pawn their own prosthetic legs or arms to make ends meet. To stop this exploitative practice, the state enacted legislation expressly forbidding pawn shops from taking artificial limbs or wheelchairs as pledges for loans. The law protects disabled citizens from losing their basic mobility to predatory lending.