Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2013/cite/325E.21/subd/325E.21.8
Timestamp: 2020-01-21 07:04:36
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﻿ Sec. 325E.21 MN Statutes
Section 325E.21
325E.201 325E.22
2015 Subd. 1 Amended 2015 c 65 art 3 s 12
2015 Subd. 1c Repealed 2015 c 65 art 3 s 38
2015 Subd. 1d Repealed 2015 c 65 art 3 s 38
2015 Subd. 2 Amended 2015 c 65 art 3 s 13
2015 Subd. 4 Amended 2015 c 65 art 3 s 14
2014 Subd. 1a Amended 2014 c 190 s 3
2014 Subd. 1c Amended 2014 c 190 s 4
2014 Subd. 1d New 2014 c 190 s 5
2014 Subd. 4 Amended 2014 c 190 s 6
2013 Subd. 1 Amended 2013 c 126 s 8
2013 Subd. 1a Amended 2013 c 126 s 9
2013 Subd. 1b New 2013 c 126 s 10
2013 Subd. 1c New 2013 c 126 s 11
2013 Subd. 4 Amended 2013 c 126 s 12
2013 Subd. 8 Amended 2013 c 126 s 13
2013 Subd. 9 Amended 2013 c 126 s 14
2013 Subd. 10 New 2013 c 126 s 15
2008 Subd. 2a New 2008 c 259 s 1
2007 325E.21 Amended 2007 c 54 art 7 s 21
325E.21 DEALERS IN SCRAP METAL; RECORDS, REPORTS, AND REGISTRATION.
(e) "Scrap metal dealer" or "dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying or selling scrap metal, or both.
The terms do not include a person engaged exclusively in the business of buying or selling new or used motor vehicles, paper or wood products, rags or furniture, or secondhand machinery.
Subd. 1a.Purchase or acquisition record required.
(5) the number of the seller's or deliverer's driver's license, Minnesota identification card number, or other identification document number of an identification document issued for identification purposes by any state, federal, or foreign government if the document includes the person's photograph, full name, birth date, and signature;
Subd. 1b.Purchase or acquisition record required.
Subd. 1c.Automated property system.
Subd. 2.Retention required.
Records required to be maintained by subdivision 1a shall be retained by the scrap metal dealer for a period of three years.
Subd. 2a.Purchase or receipt of beer kegs.
A scrap metal dealer, or the dealer's agent, employer, or representative, shall not purchase or receive a refillable metal beer keg from anyone except the manufacturer of the beer keg, the brewer of the beer that was sold or provided in the keg, or an authorized representative of the manufacturer or brewer.
Subd. 3.Payment by check or electronic transfer required.
A scrap metal dealer or the dealer's agent, employee, or representative shall pay for all scrap metal purchases only by check or electronic transfer.
Subd. 4.Registration required.
Each scrap metal dealer shall review the educational materials provided by the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension under section 299C.25 and ensure that all employees do so as well.
A scrap metal dealer, or the agent, employee, or representative of the dealer, who intentionally violates a provision of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
A scrap metal dealer may purchase aluminum cans without complying with this section.
Subd. 8.Investigative holds; confiscation of property.
(a) Whenever a law enforcement official from any agency has probable cause to believe that property in the possession of a scrap metal dealer is stolen or is evidence of a crime and notifies the dealer not to sell the item, the scrap metal dealer shall not (1) process or sell the item, or (2) remove or allow its removal from the premises. This investigative hold must be confirmed in writing by the originating agency within 72 hours and will remain in effect for 30 days from the date of initial notification, or until the investigative hold is canceled or renewed, or until a law enforcement notification to confiscate or directive to release is issued, whichever comes first.
(b) If an item is identified as stolen or evidence in a criminal case, a law enforcement official may:
(1) physically confiscate and remove it from the scrap metal dealer, pursuant to a written notification;
(2) place the item on hold or extend the hold under paragraph (a) and leave it in the licensed premise; or
When an item is confiscated, the person doing so shall provide identification upon request of the scrap metal dealer, and shall provide the name and telephone number of the confiscating agency and investigator, and the case number related to the confiscation.
(c) A dealer may request seized property be returned in accordance with section 626.04.
(d) When an investigative hold or notification to confiscate is no longer necessary, the law enforcement official or designee shall so notify the licensee.
Subd. 9.Video security cameras required.
(a) Each scrap metal dealer shall install and maintain at each location video surveillance cameras, still digital cameras, or similar devices positioned to record or photograph a frontal view showing a readily identifiable image of the face of each seller of scrap metal who enters the location. The scrap metal dealer shall also photograph the seller's vehicle, including license plate, either by video camera or still digital camera, so that an accurate and complete description of it may be obtained from the recordings made by the cameras. Photographs and recordings must be clearly and accurately associated with their respective records.
(d) If the scrap metal dealer does not purchase some or any scrap metal at a specific business location, the dealer need not comply with this subdivision with respect to those purchases.
Subd. 10.Preemption of local ordinances.
(10225) 1907 c 228 s 1; 1957 c 960 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4; 2007 c 54 art 7 s 21; 2008 c 259 s 1; 2013 c 126 s 8-15
NOTE: Subdivision 1b, as added by Laws 2013, chapter 126, section 10, is effective January 1, 2015. Laws 2013, chapter 126, section 10, the effective date.
NOTE: Subdivision 1c, as added by Laws 2013, chapter 126, section 11, is effective January 1, 2015. Laws 2013, chapter 126, section 11, the effective date.