When converted or stolen property has been pawned or sold to a precious metal dealer and the pawnbroker or dealer refuses to redeliver such property to the rightful owner upon demand and presentation of a bill of sale or other proper evidence of ownership by the owner, and legal action by the rightful owner to recover the property becomes necessary, the court may assess the pawnbroker or dealer for reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the rightful owner, if the court finds that the pawnbroker or dealer wrongfully withheld the converted or stolen property. (Ord. 02-86 § 2, 2002; Ord. 81-106 § 1 (part), 1981.)