Sec. 9. (a) A person may not sell or attempt to sell, and a valuable metal dealer may not purchase or attempt to purchase, a catalytic converter, in whole or in part, as valuable metal when the catalytic converter is not attached to a motor vehicle at the time of the sale or attempted sale, unless the seller is a used parts dealer or an automotive repair company.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply when the seller presents the valuable metal dealer with:
(1) a:
(A) certificate of title;
(B) certificate of registration;
(C) certificate of authority under IC 9-22-5; or
(D) receipt from a transaction of repair;
for the motor vehicle from which the catalytic converter was taken; or
(2) an affidavit executed by a law enforcement officer attesting to the officer's reasonable belief that the catalytic converter lawfully came into the possession of the person attempting to sell the catalytic converter.
As added by P.L.224-2013, SEC.11.