(a) No scrap metal facility licensee shall purchase or receive any restricted article in a retail transaction unless at the time of the transaction the seller has received reasonable, reliable, written documentation verifying that the seller is the owner of the article, or is an employee, agent, or other person authorized to sell the article on behalf of the owner.
(b) For purposes of this section, "restricted article" means all of the following:
beer kegs; shopping carts; electric or communication cable or wire and their electronic components owned by a public utility, electric or communication company; grave markers, sculptures, plaques, and vases, the appearance of which suggest that the articles have been obtained from a cemetery; guard rails for bridges, highways, and roads; highway and street signs; street light poles and fixtures; manhole covers, water meter covers, and other similar types of utility access covers; traffic directional and control signs and light signals; metal marked with the name of a political subdivision of the state, and other articles that are purchased and installed for use upon authorization of the state or any political subdivision of the state; historical markers.
(c) No scrap metal facility licensee shall purchase or receive any consumer appliance in a retail transaction unless:
(1) At the time of the transaction the seller has received reasonable, reliable, written documentation verifying that the seller is the owner of the consumer appliance, or is an employee, agent, or other person authorized to sell the consumer appliance on behalf of the owner; or
(2) No more than two (2) consumer appliances are purchased or received per seller per day.
(d) For purposes of this section, "consumer appliance" means all of the following:
air conditioners; hot water heaters; furnaces; refrigerators; freezers; stoves; clothes washers or dryers.
(e) No scrap metal facility licensee shall purchase or receive any catalytic converter in a retail transaction unless:
(1) At the time of the transaction the seller has received reasonable, reliable, written documentation verifying that the seller is the owner of the catalytic converter, or is an employee, agent, or other person authorized to sell the catalytic converter on behalf of the owner; or
(2) No more than one (1) catalytic converter is purchased or received per seller per day.
(Ord. 42-07. Passed 8-27-07.)
(Ord. 42-07. Passed 8-27-07.)