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50-6,110. Unlawful acts; requirements; information required; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), it shall be unlawful for any person to sell any item or items of regulated scrap metal to a scrap metal dealer, or employee or agent of a dealer, in this state unless such person presents to such scrap metal dealer, or employee or agent of such dealer, at or before the time of sale, the following information: The seller's name, address, sex, date of birth and the identifying number from the seller's driver's license, military identification card, passport or personal identification license. The identifying number from an official governmental document for a country other than the United States may be used to meet this requirement provided that a legible fingerprint is also obtained from the seller.

(b) Every scrap metal dealer shall keep a register in which the dealer, or employee or agent of the dealer, shall at the time of purchase or receipt of any item for which such information is required to be presented, cross-reference to previously received information, or accurately and legibly record at the time of sale the following information:

(1) The time, date and place of transaction;

(2) the seller's name, address, sex, date of birth and the identifying number from the seller's driver's license, military identification card, passport or personal identification license; the identifying number from an official governmental document for a country other than the United States may be used to meet this requirement provided that a legible fingerprint is also obtained from the seller;

(3) a copy of the identification card or document containing such identifying number;

(4) the license number, color and style or make of any motor vehicle in which the junk vehicle or other regulated scrap metal property is delivered in a purchase transaction;

(5) a general description, made in accordance with the custom of the trade, of the predominant types of junk vehicle or other regulated scrap metal property purchased in the transaction;

(6) the weight, quantity or volume, made in accordance with the custom of the trade, of the regulated scrap metal property purchased;

(7) if a junk vehicle or vehicle part is being bought or sold, a description of the junk vehicle or vehicle part, including the make, model, color, vehicle identification number and serial number if applicable;

(8) the amount of consideration given in a purchase transaction for the junk vehicle or other regulated scrap metal property; and

(9) the name of the individual acting on behalf of the regulated scrap metal dealer in making the purchase.

(c) The scrap metal dealer's register, including copies of identification cards, may be kept in electronic format.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section shall not apply to:

(1) Transactions involving regulated scrap metal, except for catalytic converters, for which the total sale price for all regulated scrap metal is $50.00 or less;

(2) transactions involving only catalytic converters for which the total sale price is $30.00 or less;

(3) transactions in which the seller is also a scrap metal dealer; or

(4) transactions for which the seller is known to the purchasing scrap metal dealer to be an established business that operates out of a fixed business location and that can reasonably be expected to generate regulated scrap metal.

(e) The exceptions contained in subsections (d)(1) and (d)(2) shall not apply to any purchase from any seller of the following materials:

(1) Catalytic converters purchased separate from a vehicle;

(2) coated or insulated wire or stripped wire or burnt wire;

(3) refrigeration condensing units or air conditioning coils of any type; or

(4) copper tubing, bars, plate, buss bar and sheet copper.

(f) It shall be unlawful for any scrap metal dealer, or employee or agent of the dealer, to pay for any of the items described in subsections (e)(1) through (4) by any means other than:

(1) A prenumbered check drawn on a regular bank account in the name of the scrap metal dealer and with such check made payable to the person documented as the seller in accordance with subsection (b); or

(2) a system for automated cash or electronic payment distribution which photographs or videotapes the payment recipient and identifies the payment with a distinct transaction in the register maintained in accordance with subsection (b).

History: L. 2007, ch. 128, § 2; L. 2009, ch. 88, § 3; L. 2011, ch. 86, § 6; July 1.



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