Section 21601.
21601. As used in this article, “junk dealer” includes any person engaged in the business of buying, selling and dealing in junk, any person purchasing, gathering, collecting, soliciting or traveling about from place to place procuring junk, and any person operating, carrying on, conducting or maintaining a junk yard or place where junk is gathered […]
Section 21609.7.
21609.7. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (d), a junk dealer or recycler shall not purchase bulk merchandise pallets marked with an indicia of ownership from any person or entity other than the indicated owner. (b) (1) If the seller is not the indicated owner, a junk dealer or recycler may purchase bulk merchandise pallets if […]
Section 21602.
21602. As used in this article, “junk yard” includes any yard, plot, space, inclosure, building or any other place where junk is collected, stored, gathered together and kept. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1078.)
Section 21610.
21610. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) For the purposes of this section, the term “core recycler” means a person or business, including a recycler or junk dealer, that buys used individual catalytic converters, transmissions, or other parts previously removed from a vehicle. A person or business that […]
Section 21603.
21603. This article shall not apply to any of the following: (a) Secondhand furniture merchants. (b) Pawnbrokers. (c) Secondhand car dealers or merchants in connection with automobile and motor vehicle sales agencies but not carried on and conducted in conjunction with a junk yard. (d) Persons engaged in the business of selling new automobile tires or batteries or other […]
Section 21604.
21604. Except as otherwise provided in this article, this article does not apply to: (a) Any person who buys or sells junk acquired in the conduct of any business other than that of a junk dealer or recycler. (b) Except as provided in Section 21609.1, those purchases of scrap metal by a junk dealer or recycler when […]
Section 21605.
21605. (a) Every junk dealer and every recycler in this state is hereby required to keep a written record of all sales and purchases made in the course of his or her business. (b) For purposes of this article, “recycler” means any processor, recycling center, or noncertified recycler, as those terms are defined in Chapter 2 (commencing […]
Section 21606.
21606. (a) Every junk dealer and every recycler shall set out in the written record required by this article all of the following: (1) The place and date of each sale or purchase of junk made in the conduct of his or her business as a junk dealer or recycler. (2) One of the following methods of identification: […]
Section 21606.5.
21606.5. Every junk dealer or recycler shall, during normal business hours, allow periodic inspection of any premises maintained and any junk thereon for the purpose of determining compliance with the recordkeeping requirements of this article, and shall during those hours produce his or her records of sales and purchases, except as provided in subparagraph (B) […]
Section 21607.
21607. Every junk dealer and recycler shall preserve the written record required by this article for at least two years after making the final entry of any purchase or sale of junk or scrap metals and alloys as defined in Section 21600. (Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1288, Sec. 7.)