(1) No scrap metal business
may enter into a transaction to purchase or receive private metal
property or nonferrous metal property from any person who cannot
produce at least one piece of current government-issued picture
identification, including a valid driver's license or
identification card issued by any state.
(2) No scrap metal business may purchase or receive private
metal property or commercial metal property unless the seller:
(a) Has a commercial account with the scrap metal business; (b)
can prove ownership of the property by producing written
documentation that the seller is the owner of the property; or
(c) can produce written documentation that the seller is an
employee or agent authorized to sell the property on behalf of a
commercial enterprise.
(3) No scrap metal business may enter into a transaction to
purchase or receive metallic wire that was burned in whole or in
part to remove insulation unless the seller can produce written
proof to the scrap metal business that the wire was lawfully
burned.
(4) No transaction involving private metal property or
nonferrous metal property valued at greater than thirty dollars
may be made in cash or with any person who does not provide a
street address under the requirements of RCW 19.290.020. For
transactions valued at greater than thirty dollars, the person
with whom the transaction is being made may only be paid by a
nontransferable check, mailed by the scrap metal business to a
street address provided under RCW 19.290.020, no earlier than ten
days after the transaction was made. A transaction occurs on the
date provided in the record required under RCW 19.290.020.
(5) No scrap metal business may purchase or receive beer
kegs from anyone except a manufacturer of beer kegs or licensed
brewery.
[2008 c 233 § 3; 2007 c 377 § 3.]