21600. As used in this article, “junk” means any and all secondhand and used machinery and all ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, including any and all secondhand and used furniture, pallets, or other personal property, other than livestock, or parts or portions thereof. As used in this section, “scrap metals and alloys” includes, […]
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 […]
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.)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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) […]
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.)
21608. (a) A junk dealer or recycler who fails in any respect to keep the written record required by this article, or to set out in that written record any matter required by this article to be set out therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every junk dealer or recycler who refuses, upon demand pursuant to […]
21608.3. (a) Any unauthorized disclosure of personal identification information collected from a seller by a junk dealer or recycler is prohibited, and any such disclosure shall render the violator liable for a civil fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000). (b) This section shall become operative on December 1, 2008. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 730, […]
21608.5. (a) A junk dealer or recycler in this state shall not provide payment for nonferrous material unless, in addition to meeting the written record requirements of Sections 21605 and 21606, all of the following requirements are met: (1) (A) The payment for the material is made by cash, general use prepaid card, or check. The check may […]
21608.6. (a) A junk dealer or recycler, as defined in subdivision (f), in this state shall not provide payment for newspaper, as defined in Section 538c of the Penal Code, or for California Redemption Value (CRV) containers unless, in addition to meeting the written record requirements of Sections 21605 and 21606, all of the following requirements […]
21608.7. (a) A junk dealer or recycler shall request to receive theft alert notifications regarding the theft of commodity metals, including, but not limited to, ferrous metal, copper, brass, aluminum, nickel, stainless steel, and alloys, in the junk dealer’s or recycler’s geographic region from the theft alert system maintained by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, […]
21609. (a) Whenever a peace officer has probable cause to believe that property in the possession of a junk dealer or recycler is stolen, in lieu of seizing the property, the peace officer as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 21606.5, at his or her option, may place a hold on the property for a period […]
21609.1. (a) No junk dealer or recycler shall possess any reasonably recognizable, disassembled, or inoperative fire hydrant or fire department connection, including, but not limited to, reasonably recognizable brass fittings and parts, or any manhole cover or lid or reasonably recognizable part of a manhole cover or lid, or any backflow device or connection to that […]
21609.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no junk dealer or recycler may purchase or receive refillable stainless steel or aluminum alloy beer kegs marked with an indicia of ownership from any person or entity other than the indicated owner. For purposes of this section, “indicia of ownership” means words, symbols, or registered trademarks printed, […]
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 […]
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 […]
