Every person purchasing a wrecked car or any salvage or wreckage of any kind at or for a junk yard, junk shop or a yard upon which wrecked cars or any salvage or wreckage of any kind is stored shall keep a separate book, open to inspection by a member of the Police Department, in which shall be written, in the English language, at the time of the purchase or exchange of such articles, a description thereof, the name, description and residence of the person from whom purchased and received, and the day and hour when such purchase or exchange was made. Every entry shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with number one.
Any person purchasing a wrecked car or any salvage or wreckage of any kind at or for a junk yard, junk shop or a yard upon which wrecked cars or any salvage or wreckage of any kind is stored shall, prior to such purchasing, demand to examine the seller’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or identification card issued under Ohio R.C. 4507.50 to 4507.52 and one additional type of card typically used for identification purposes.
Any person purchasing a wrecked car or any salvage or wreckage of any kind at or for a junk yard, junk shop or a yard upon which wrecked cars or any salvage or wreckage of any kind is stored shall keep a written record of the number of the license or identification card and the type and number of the other identification card accepted as obtained per the second paragraph of this section, together with the date of purchase, the name and address of the seller, and a description of the article purchased. The purchaser shall retain the written record for at least one year and shall make the record available for inspection by any law enforcement officer at all reasonable times. For purposes of this section, the purchaser may utilize, where applicable, the written record he/she is required to keep per the first paragraph of this section and add to it the information required by this section.
(Ord. 11997/06. Passed 11-8-06.)