As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 647.011 to 647.018, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. [1:22:1921; NCL § 3720]—(NRS A 1971, 931; 1991, 788; 1997, 2548; 2009, 1241)
“Advertise” includes the use of any newspaper, magazine or other publication, letter, sign, card or other printed matter, radio or television transmission or any other method to bring to the attention of the public that a person is engaged in the business of: 1. Purchasing or selling hides or junk; or 2. Buying and selling […]
“Antique” means a unique object of personal property that is not less than 60 years old and has special value primarily because of its age. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2547)
“Collectible” means an object of personal property that has special value primarily because of its unique characteristics and the high level of demand for the object. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2547)
“Junk” includes old iron, copper, brass, lead, zinc, tin, steel and other metals, metallic cables, wires, ropes, cordage, bottles, bagging, rags, rubber, paper, and all other secondhand, used or castoff articles or material of any kind, but does not include scrap metal. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2547; A 2009, 1241)
“Junk dealer” means every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of purchasing or selling hides or junk, other than used books. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2547; A 1999, 2546)
1. “Scrap metal” means: (a) Nonferrous metals, scrap iron, stainless steel or other material or equipment which consists in whole or in part of metal and which is used in construction, agricultural operations, electrical power generation, transmission or distribution, cable, broadband or telecommunications transmission, railroad equipment, oil well rigs or any lights maintained by the […]
“Scrap metal processor” means any person who: 1. Engages in the business of purchasing, trading, bartering or otherwise receiving scrap metal; or 2. Uses machinery and equipment for processing and manufacturing iron, steel or nonferrous scrap into prepared grades, and whose principal product is scrap iron, scrap steel or nonferrous metallic scrap, not including precious […]
1. “Secondhand dealer” means any person engaged in whole or in part in the business of buying and selling metal junk, melted metals or secondhand personal property, other than antiques, used books, coins and collectibles. 2. The term does not include a person who engages in the business of buying or selling secondhand firearms or […]
A junk dealer or secondhand dealer who, after purchasing property from a customer, enters into an agreement to allow the customer to buy back the property: 1. Must be licensed as a pawnbroker by the county, city or town in which the transaction occurred if that county, city or town requires pawnbrokers to obtain a […]
1. A junk dealer or secondhand dealer may not, as part of his or her business as a junk dealer or secondhand dealer, buy a motor vehicle from a person and sell the motor vehicle to the same person. 2. As used in this section, “motor vehicle” means any self-propelled vehicle that is used upon […]
All charitable organizations which are recognized as such by the Internal Revenue Code of the United States are exempt from the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1979, 322)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 647.005)
The board of county commissioners of a county or the governing body of a city may, by ordinance, prohibit any person from advertising within its respective jurisdiction as a junk dealer or a secondhand dealer unless the person holds a valid license or registration to engage in such a business within the jurisdiction. The county […]
The provisions of this chapter do not impair the power of cities and counties in this State to license, tax and regulate any person, firm or corporation now engaged in or hereafter engaged in the buying and selling of junk or scrap metal. [Part 7:22:1921; NCL § 3727]—(NRS A 1971, 931; 1987, 1730; 1991, 788; […]
