(a) A secondary metals recycler shall maintain an accurate and legible record of each purchase transaction. Each transaction must be recorded and filed separately.
(b) The record of each purchase transaction must be in English and contain the following information:
(1) the name and street address of the secondary metals recycler;
(2) the name or initials of the individual recording the information required by this section for the secondary metals recycler;
(3) the seller’s name, street address, sex, and birthdate and the identifying number from the seller’s current and valid driver’s license issued by a state in the United States, United States military identification card, or personal identification certificate;
(4) the make, model, and license plate number of the motor vehicle in which the regulated metal property is delivered in a purchase transaction, along with a clear digital still photograph of the motor vehicle and any trailer attached to the motor vehicle;
(5) the place, date, and time of the purchase transaction;
(6) the weight, quantity, or volume and a description, made in accordance with the custom of the trade, of the regulated metal property purchased, along with a clear digital still photograph of the regulated metal property;
(7) a general description of the predominant types of regulated metal property purchased in the purchase transaction;
(8) the amount of consideration given in a purchase transaction for the regulated metal property and, if the seller was:
(A) paid by check, a copy of the check;
(B) paid in cash, a copy of the seller’s valid cash transaction card (or the seller’s current approved application for a cash transaction card); or
(C) paid by debit card, a copy of the debit card receipt and, if payment was made at the time of purchase, a copy of the seller’s valid cash transaction card (or the seller’s current approved application for a cash transaction card);
(9) written documentation evidencing that the seller is the legal owner, or is lawfully entitled to sell, the regulated metal property or a signed statement from the seller affirming a legal right of ownership and the right to sign over title to the regulated metal property offered for sale;
(10) a clear digital still photograph of the seller, taken at the time of the purchase transaction, that clearly depicts the seller’s facial features; and
(11) a clear and legible thumbprint impression of the seller.
(c) A person selling or attempting to sell regulated metal property to a secondary metals recycler shall:
(1) display to the secondary metals recycler the person’s current and valid driver’s license issued by a state in the United States, United States military identification card, or personal identification certificate;
(2) provide to the secondary metals recycler the make, model, and license plate number of the motor vehicle used to deliver the regulated metal property; and
(3) sign a written statement provided by the secondary metals recycler affirming that the person is the legal owner of, or is lawfully entitled to sell, the regulated material offered for sale.
(d) The secondary metals recycler or the recycler’s agent shall visually verify the accuracy of the identification presented by the seller at the time of each purchase of regulated metal property and make a copy of the identification to be maintained by the secondary metals recycler in the record of the purchase transaction.
(e) A secondary metals recycler shall maintain on file the information required by this section for not less than three years after the date of the purchase transaction. A secondary metals recycler shall make these records available for inspection by any police officer, upon request, at the secondary metals recycler’s place of business during the usual and customary business hours of the secondary metals recycler. (Ord. Nos. 20260; 22958; 26537; 27202; 27249)