(a) In addition to all other requirements of this chapter, a scrap metal facility that purchases or receives in a retail transaction as scrap a motor vehicle shall also comply with all the following requirements:
(1) No motor vehicle shall be purchased or received unless at the time of the transaction the seller has provided both a valid certificate of title showing that the seller is the owner of that motor vehicle and a current and valid driver's license, military identification, or other government-issued identification card issued to the seller bearing a photograph of the seller.
(2) A scrap metal facility that purchases or receives a motor vehicle from the owner described on the certificate of title shall within ten days mark the certificate "TO BE CANCELED," keep a record of the cancellation, and forward the certificate to the clerk of the court who issued it in accordance with Section 4738.16(B) of the Ohio Revised Code. The scrap metal facility shall keep the record of the cancellation for three years after creating the record. The record shall include a copy of the canceled title.
(b) In addition to all other requirements of this chapter, a scrap metal facility that purchases or receives in a retail transaction as scrap a motor vehicle part bearing a vehicle identification number or derivative thereof shall also record, as part of the record of the retail transaction, that part's vehicle identification number or derivative thereof.
(c) This chapter shall not apply to any operations person licensed by the state of Ohio as a motor vehicle salvage dealer under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4738. Non auto salvage derived scrap operations shall be subject to regulation as a scrap metal facility.
(Ord. 42-07. Passed 8-27-07.)