Manitoba · Record-Keeping & Police Reporting
Manitoba's Personal Property Security Act defines what a pawnbroker is, but the operative rules for record-keeping and police reporting come from municipal by-laws — Winnipeg's is the one most shops will run into.
Report To LEADS gives you a place to keep transaction records and produce a report, whatever your municipality currently requires. Knowing which requirements apply to your shop is your responsibility — this page is general information, not legal advice. $49/month CAD, price locked for 5 years.
What's On The Public Record
Defines a pawnbroker as someone who takes a security interest in consumer goods, or buys goods under a repurchase agreement. No provincial police-reporting requirement was found in the Act.
Licenses this trade as "Used Goods Dealer" and "Precious Metals Dealer." Applicants need a Certificate of Record Review from the Winnipeg Police Service before licensing.
Winnipeg's by-law addresses electronic record-keeping in a form set by the Chief of Police — the exact retention period and format weren't independently confirmed from the by-law text itself.
Per the City of Winnipeg's published fee schedule, a Used Goods Dealer licence and a Precious Metals Dealer licence are separate annual fees — confirm current amounts directly with the City.
The Same Counter Routine
One scan fills the customer's name, address, and identification. Webcam grabs the ID photo. Repeat customers: already on file.
Item, brand, model, serial, photos. Receipt prints, and the register keeps a permanent, searchable record on its own.
A report is ready whenever your local police service wants it — and where they use LEADS Online, it's already there.
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Use Report To LEADS on your PC, Mac, cell, or tablet. Internet down? Keep working without it. Report To LEADS syncs up when reconnected — any webcam for photos, any 2D barcode scanner for IDs. Where your local police service uses LEADS Online, the report submits there automatically.
Asked & Answered
General information sourced from public records — not legal advice. Confirm current requirements with your municipality and local police service.
Manitoba's Personal Property Security Act defines what a pawnbroker is, but no provincial requirement for police reporting or transaction registers was found. Regulation of the trade appears to happen at the municipal level — Winnipeg's own licensing by-law is the operative document for shops there. Confirm what currently applies to your shop with your municipality.
Winnipeg licenses this trade under "Used Goods Dealer" and "Precious Metals Dealer" categories, requiring a Certificate of Record Review from the Winnipeg Police Service and an electronic record-keeping system. Confirm exact current requirements directly with the City of Winnipeg.
According to a Manitoba pawn-industry contact, roughly 35 Manitoba businesses report through the RAPID dealer terminal today. LeadsOnline (which acquired BWI in 2022) has announced the RAPID dealer portal shuts down January 1, 2027. No Winnipeg Police Service document names a specific reporting platform, so confirm directly with WPS which system your shop should be using.
Where Winnipeg Police uses LEADS Online, yes — automatically. Where they don't, or where you're unsure, Report To LEADS gives you a complete, exportable report ready to deliver however they currently accept it.
No new habits to learn: scan the ID, ring the transaction, walk away. The register keeps itself and a report is ready whenever you need it.
No. The price is guaranteed not to increase for 5 years.
Who's Behind It
Report To LEADS runs on the same platform as PawnSmarts, full pawn-management software already in shops across North America, including Manitoba, since 2005.
If the shop ever needs full loan management — renewals, redemptions, layaway — the upgrade to PawnSmarts is a plan change on the same account.
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Data entered during the trial period is retained even if Report To LEADS is removed from your computer. Where your local police service uses LEADS Online, reports submit there automatically.