Purchases of Regulated Metal Property Exempted From Application of Article

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  6. Purchases of Regulated Metal Property Exempted From Application of Article

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This article shall not apply to purchases of regulated metal property from:

  1. Organizations, corporations, or associations registered with the state as charitable, philanthropic, religious, fraternal, civic, patriotic, social, or school-sponsored organizations or associations or from any nonprofit corporations or associations;
  2. A law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity;
  3. A trustee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, or receiver who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler;
  4. Any public official acting under judicial process or authority who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler;
  5. A sale on the execution, or by virtue, of any process issued by a court if proof thereof has been presented to the secondary metals recycler; or
  6. A manufacturing, industrial, or other commercial vendor that generates or sells regulated metal property in the ordinary course of its business, provided that such vendor is not a secondary metals recycler.

(Code 1981, §10-1-355, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2452, § 1; Code 1981, §10-1-358, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 112, § 1-1/HB 872.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2012, p. 112, § 1/HB 872, effective July 1, 2012, redesignated former Code Section 10-1-358 as present Code Section 10-1-363.

Ga. L. 2012, p. 112, § 4-1(a)/HB 872, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment of this Code section shall apply to all offenses committed on or after July 1, 2012.

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2012 amendment of this Code section, see 29 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 238 (2012).


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