A. A person shall not operate as a scrap metal dealer until licensed by the sheriff.
B. A scrap metal dealer shall obtain a separate license for each scrap metal dealership owned by that scrap metal dealer.
C. A scrap metal dealer license shall not be sold or transferred without the approval of the sheriff or the sheriff's designee.
D. A scrap metal dealer shall not conduct business at a location other than a licensed location.
E. The sheriff or sheriff's designee shall require any person, other than a bank or licensed lending institution, having any interest, directly or indirectly, in a scrap metal dealership to submit to a full set of fingerprints, together with the applicable fingerprint processing fee, to the sheriff. The sheriff shall submit the fingerprints to the department of public safety for the purpose of obtaining a state and federal criminal records check pursuant to section 41-1750 of Arizona Revised Statutes and Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1973 (Public Law 92-544). The department of public safety may exchange this fingerprint data with the federal bureau of investigation. The sheriff shall forward the fee to the department of public safety.
F. The sheriff shall not issue a license to a person who, within one year before the application, has violated any provision of a previously issued pawnbroker license, or has had a license revoked pursuant to Title 44 Chapter 11 Article 3, Pawnbrokers and/or Article 3.1 Scrap Metal Dealers of Arizona Revised Statutes, or any violation of this subsection.
G. The sheriff shall not issue to or renew a license of a person who, within five years before the application, has been convicted of a felony involving trafficking stolen property, fraudulent schemes, forgery, theft, extortion or conspiracy to defraud.
H. The sheriff shall not issue to or renew a license of a person or corporation what has knowingly made any false statements or material misrepresentations in the license application.
(Ord. 2006-44 § 1, 2006)