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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title XXX - Occupations and Professions » Title 322 - Junk and Scrap Metal Dealers

Section 322:1 – License.

    322:1 License. – The governing body of any town, city, or unincorporated place, may, in their discretion, license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase and sale, or barter, of old junk, old or scrap metals, old or second-hand bottles, cotton or woolen mill waste, unfinished cloth, cotton […]

Section 322:10 – Identification.

    322:10 Identification. – Every licensee or employee of a licensee shall carry a photocopy of his or her license or the license of his or her employer on or about his or her person. The identification may be required to be furnished by the licensing authority upon payment of a suitable fee therefor. Source. […]

Section 322:11 – Fee.

    322:11 Fee. – The fee for such license or renewal thereof shall be fixed by the board which issues the license, and shall be paid into the treasury of the city or town in which the license is to be in force, and no person shall be required to pay a larger fee for […]

Section 322:12 – Unlicensed Person.

    322:12 Unlicensed Person. – No person not licensed shall purchase any of the commodities above specified unless he or she acts as a helper to, and is accompanied by, some licensee. Source. 1917, 94:7. PL 159:12. RL 190:12. 2008, 287:6, eff. June 27, 2008.

Section 322:12-a – Metal Kegs for Malt Beverages.

    322:12-a Metal Kegs for Malt Beverages. – No junk or scrap metal dealer licensed by a governing body under the authority of this chapter shall purchase any metal keg for malt beverages, as defined in RSA 179:5-a, V, or pieces of such metal keg, unless the seller is the brewer whose name or marking […]

Section 322:13 – Penalty.

    322:13 Penalty. – Any person who shall violate any provision of RSA 322 or of his license, for which offense no other punishment is provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Source. 1917, 94:9. PL 159:13. RL 190:13. RSA 322:13. 1973, 528:210, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.

Section 322:2 – Revocation; Regulations.

    322:2 Revocation; Regulations. – The board which grants said licenses may revoke the same, in their discretion, after a hearing on charges preferred, and may from time to time establish rules, regulations and restrictions relative to the business carried on as aforesaid; and every such rule, regulation and restriction shall be incorporated in the […]

Section 322:3 – Conditions; Termination.

    322:3 Conditions; Termination. – The license shall designate the place where the business is to be carried on, and shall contain a condition that the person to whom it is granted shall not purchase from any minor under the age of 16 years, nor barter with any such minor for any commodity named in […]

Section 322:4 – Illegal Dealing.

    322:4 Illegal Dealing. – Any person who, without a license, shall be a dealer in the aforesaid commodities, or keep a shop for the purchase, sale or barter thereof; or who, without a license, shall accumulate, store or handle said commodities for the purpose of sale or barter, or as a bailee for others; […]

Section 322:5 – Enjoining.

    322:5 Enjoining. – The superior court may enjoin any person from dealing in the commodities aforesaid, or from keeping a shop for the purchase, sale or barter thereof, or from accumulating, storing or handling said commodities contrary to the provisions of this chapter, and may also enjoin any licensee from carrying on said business […]

Section 322:6 – Territorial Limits.

    322:6 Territorial Limits. – The licensing board of a city may, by regulation, prohibit the accumulation or storage of the commodities designated in RSA 322, the granting of licenses therefor, and the granting of licenses to deal in or keep a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of said commodities, within or in […]

Section 322:6-a – Records.

    322:6-a Records. – Each person required to be licensed under this chapter shall keep records sufficient to the licensing authority of the accumulation, storage, and handling of commodities as a junk or scrap metal dealer. Such record shall be legibly written in the English language and provide account and description of the goods purchased, […]

Section 322:7 – Inspection.

    322:7 Inspection. – Any officer, having jurisdiction may enter upon any premises used by a licensee for the purpose of his or her business, ascertain how the licensee conducts business and examine all commodities purchased, obtained, kept, or stored in or upon said premises, and all books and inventories relating thereto. Every such licensee, […]

Section 322:8 – Obstructing Officer.

    322:8 Obstructing Officer. – Any such licensee, his clerk, agent or other person in charge of such premises, who refuses to admit thereto an officer authorized to enter the same, or who fails to exhibit to him on demand all such commodities, books and inventories; or any person who wilfully hinders, obstructs or prevents […]

Section 322:9 – Number.

    322:9 Number. – Every license shall be numbered, and each licensee transporting any of the commodities specified in RSA 322:1 in any wagon or vehicle shall have placed upon the outside of such wagon or vehicle, and upon each side of the same, the number of the license in plain, legible figures not less […]