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CA Bus & Prof Code § 21501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 1 - Watches|Section 21501.

21501.  Except as provided in this article “secondhand watch” means any of the following:(a) A watch which, as a whole, or the case thereof, or the movement thereof, has been sold to a consumer.(b) Any watch whose case or movement, serial numbers or other distinguishing numbers or identification marks have been erased, defaced, removed, altered or covered.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 1 - Watches|Section 21502.

21502.  A watch which is returned to the same person who sold the watch to the consumer, either through an exchange or for credit, within one year from the date of the original sale, if such seller keeps a written record of such sales, is not subject to the provisions of this article, unless the case, movement, serial number or other distinguishing identification marks have been removed.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 1 - Watches|Section 21503.

21503.  The written record referred to in this article shall contain all of the following information:(a) The name and address of the consumer.(b) The date of the sale to the consumer.(c) The name of the watch or its maker.(d) The serial number of the watch, if any, on its case or movement or any other distinguishing numbers or identification marks.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 1 - Watches|Section 21504.

21504.  The written record referred to in this article shall be kept for at least three years from the date of the original sale of the watch. Such record shall be open for inspection during all business hours by the district attorney or his representative, of the county in which the vendor is engaged in business.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 1 - Watches|Section 21505.

21505.  Any person who sells, exchanges, offers to sell or exchange, exposes for sale or exchange, or possesses with intent to sell or exchange, a secondhand watch, shall affix and keep affixed to the same a tag with the words “secondhand” legibly written or printed thereon in the English language.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 1 - Watches|Section 21506.

21506.  Any person who sells a secondhand watch shall deliver to the vendee a written invoice setting forth the name and address of the vendor, the name and address of the vendee, the date of the sale, the name of the watch or its maker, and the serial numbers, if any, or other distinguishing numbers or identification marks on its case and movement. If the serial numbers, or other distinguishing numbers or identification marks have been erased, defaced, removed, altered or covered, this shall be set forth in the invoice.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21507 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 1 - Watches|Section 21507.

21507.  A duplicate of the invoice required by this article shall be kept on file by the vendor of the secondhand watch for at least one year from the date of the sale thereof and shall be open to inspection during all business hours by the district attorney, or his representative, of the county in which the vendor is engaged in business.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 1 - Watches|Section 21508.

21508.  Any person advertising in any manner secondhand watches for sale shall state clearly in such advertising that the watches so advertised are secondhand watches.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21509 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 1 - Watches|Section 21509.

21509.  Violation of this article is a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21550 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 2 - Builders Tools|Section 21550.

21550.  “Person” as used in this article includes firm and corporation.“Builders’ tools” as used in this chapter includes all tools customarily used in the construction, alteration, or repair of buildings.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21551 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 2 - Builders Tools|Section 21551.

21551.  Every person dealing in secondhand goods, wares or merchandise, either as pawnbroker or otherwise, who buys or receives as a pledge any builders’ tools shall keep a register in which shall be entered all of the following:(a) The place, date and hour of the sale or pledge of any such tools.(b) The name, address and description of the seller or pledgor.(c) A description of the tools, including all numbers, letters, names and other identification marks appearing thereon.(d) The name and address of the individual to whom such tools were sold or pledged.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21552 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 2 - Builders Tools|Section 21552.

21552.  Whenever any person referred to in this article ships or otherwise transmits any builders’ tools bought or received as a pledge, to any place outside the county in which the tools were so bought or so received, such person shall enter in the register required to be kept by this article the date on which such tools were shipped or otherwise transmitted, and the name and the place of business or residence of the person to whom such tools were so shipped or transmitted.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21553 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 2 - Builders Tools|Section 21553.

21553.  Every person referred to in this article shall each day, except legal holidays, deliver a full, true and complete copy of the register required to be kept by this article to the chief of police, city marshal, town marshal, or other head of the police department of the city, city and county, town, or other municipality or district wherein such builders’ tools were bought or received in pledge.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21554 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 2 - Builders Tools|Section 21554.

21554.  The report shall include references to all builders’ tools bought or received as a pledge or shipped or otherwise transmitted since the preceding report.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21555 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 2 - Builders Tools|Section 21555.

21555.  If there is no police department in the municipality or district in which builders’ tools are bought or received in pledge, or from which they are shipped or otherwise transmitted, the report required by this article shall be delivered or mailed each day, except legal holidays, to the sheriff of the county.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21556 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 2 - Builders Tools|Section 21556.

21556.  Any person who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21600.

21600.  As used in this article, “junk” means any and all secondhand and used machinery and all ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, including any and all secondhand and used furniture, pallets, or other personal property, other than livestock, or parts or portions thereof.As used in this section, “scrap metals and alloys” includes, but is not limited to, materials and equipment commonly used in construction, agricultural operations and electrical power generation, railroad equipment, oil well rigs, nonferrous materials, stainless steel, and nickel which are offered for sale to any junk dealer or recycler, but does not include scrap iron, household generated waste, or aluminum beverage containers, as defined in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 14502) of Division 12.1 of the Public Resources Code.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 60, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21601.

21601.  As used in this article, “junk dealer” includes any person engaged in the business of buying, selling and dealing in junk, any person purchasing, gathering, collecting, soliciting or traveling about from place to place procuring junk, and any person operating, carrying on, conducting or maintaining a junk yard or place where junk is gathered together and stored or kept for shipment, sale or transfer.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1078.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21602.

21602.  As used in this article, “junk yard” includes any yard, plot, space, inclosure, building or any other place where junk is collected, stored, gathered together and kept.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1078.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21603.

21603.  This article shall not apply to any of the following:(a) Secondhand furniture merchants.(b) Pawnbrokers.(c) Secondhand car dealers or merchants in connection with automobile and motor vehicle sales agencies but not carried on and conducted in conjunction with a junk yard.(d) Persons engaged in the business of selling new automobile tires or batteries or other equipment taking in part payment used articles of the same kind and thereafter selling or disposing of the same.(e) Secondhand oil well supply and equipment dealers not conducting or carrying on their business in connection with a junk yard.(f) Secondhand clothing merchants and ragpickers.(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1078.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21604.

21604.  Except as otherwise provided in this article, this article does not apply to:(a) Any person who buys or sells junk acquired in the conduct of any business other than that of a junk dealer or recycler.(b) Except as provided in Section 21609.1, those purchases of scrap metal by a junk dealer or recycler when the payment for the scrap metal is by check issued to the company represented as being the owner of the scrap.(c) Scrap metal purchased or received from another junk dealer or recycler who has recorded, reported, and held the material as required. The purchase or receipt shall also be exempt from further holding or reporting provided that the selling party gives the buyer written assurance of this fact. The seller shall be held responsible for any failure to report or hold.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 656, Sec. 2. (SB 1387) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21605.

21605.  (a) Every junk dealer and every recycler in this state is hereby required to keep a written record of all sales and purchases made in the course of his or her business.(b) For purposes of this article, “recycler” means any processor, recycling center, or noncertified recycler, as those terms are defined in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 14502) of Division 12.1 of the Public Resources Code, who buys or sells scrap metal that constitutes junk, as defined in Section 21600.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1288, Sec. 4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21606 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21606.

21606.  (a) Every junk dealer and every recycler shall set out in the written record required by this article all of the following:(1) The place and date of each sale or purchase of junk made in the conduct of his or her business as a junk dealer or recycler.(2) One of the following methods of identification:(A) The name, valid driver’s license number and state of issue or California- or United States-issued identification card number.(B) The name, identification number, and country of issue from a passport used for identification and the address from an additional item of identification that also bears the seller’s name.(C) The name and identification number from a Matricula Consular used for identification and the address from an additional item of identification that also bears the seller’s name.(3) The vehicle license number, including the state of issue, of any motor vehicle used in transporting the junk to the junk dealer’s or recycler’s place of business.(4) The name and address of each person to whom junk is sold or disposed of, and the license number of any motor vehicle used in transporting the junk from the junk dealer’s or recycler’s place of business.(5) A description of the item or items of junk purchased or sold, including the item type and quantity, and identification number, if visible.(6) A statement indicating either that the seller of the junk is the owner of it, or the name of the person he or she obtained the junk from, as shown on a signed transfer document.(b) Any person who makes, or causes to be made, any false or fictitious statement regarding any information required by this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(c) Every junk dealer and every recycler shall report the information required in subdivision (a) to the chief of police or to the sheriff in the same manner as described in Section 21628.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 300, Sec. 1. (AB 1583) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21606.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21606.5.

21606.5.  Every junk dealer or recycler shall, during normal business hours, allow periodic inspection of any premises maintained and any junk thereon for the purpose of determining compliance with the recordkeeping requirements of this article, and shall during those hours produce his or her records of sales and purchases, except as provided in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 21608.5, and all property purchased incident to those transactions which is in the possession of the junk dealer or recycler for inspection by any of the following persons:(a) An officer holding a warrant authorizing him or her to search for personal property.(b) A person appointed by the sheriff of a county or appointed by the head of the police department of a city.(c) An officer holding a court order directing him or her to examine the records or property.(d) The amendments to this section made by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative on December 1, 2008.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 78, Sec. 1. (AB 85) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21607 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21607.

21607.  Every junk dealer and recycler shall preserve the written record required by this article for at least two years after making the final entry of any purchase or sale of junk or scrap metals and alloys as defined in Section 21600.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1288, Sec. 7.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21608 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21608.

21608.  (a) A junk dealer or recycler who fails in any respect to keep the written record required by this article, or to set out in that written record any matter required by this article to be set out therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor.Every junk dealer or recycler who refuses, upon demand pursuant to Section 21606.5, to exhibit the written record required by this article, or who destroys that record within two years after making the final entry of a purchase or sale of junk therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) Any knowing and willful violation of subdivision (a) shall be punishable as follows:(1) For a first offense, by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days, or by both that fine and imprisonment.(2) For a second offense, by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days, or by both that fine and imprisonment. In addition to any other sentence imposed pursuant to this paragraph, the court may order the defendant to stop engaging in business as a junk dealer or recycler for a period not to exceed 30 days.(3) For a third or any subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than four thousand dollars ($4,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment. In addition to any other sentence imposed pursuant to this paragraph, the court shall order the defendant to stop engaging in business as a junk dealer or recycler for not less than one year.(c) The amendments to this section made by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative on December 1, 2008.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 731, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 2008. Amended version operative December 1, 2008, pursuant to immediate operation of new subdivision (c).)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21608.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21608.3.

21608.3.  (a) Any unauthorized disclosure of personal identification information collected from a seller by a junk dealer or recycler is prohibited, and any such disclosure shall render the violator liable for a civil fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).(b) This section shall become operative on December 1, 2008.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 730, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 2008. Section operative December 1, 2008, by its own provisions.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21608.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21608.7.

21608.7.  (a) A junk dealer or recycler shall request to receive theft alert notifications regarding the theft of commodity metals, including, but not limited to, ferrous metal, copper, brass, aluminum, nickel, stainless steel, and alloys, in the junk dealer’s or recycler’s geographic region from the theft alert system maintained by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., or its successor.(b) The requirement in subdivision (a) does not apply if the institute or its successor requires payment for use of the theft alert system.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 608, Sec. 3. (AB 2312) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 21609.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS|CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods|ARTICLE 3 - Junk|Section 21609.1.

21609.1.  (a) No junk dealer or recycler shall possess any reasonably recognizable, disassembled, or inoperative fire hydrant or fire department connection, including, but not limited to, reasonably recognizable brass fittings and parts, or any manhole cover or lid or reasonably recognizable part of a manhole cover or lid, or any backflow device or connection to that device or reasonably recognizable part of that device, that was owned or previously owned by an agency, in the absence of a written certification on the letterhead of the agency owning or previously owning the material described in the certification that the agency has either sold the material described or is offering the material for sale, salvage, or recycling, and that the person possessing the certification and identified in the certification is authorized to negotiate the sale of that material.(b) A junk dealer or recycler who unknowingly takes possession of one or more of the items listed in subdivision (a) as part of a load of otherwise nonprohibited materials without a written certification has a duty to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency by the end of the next business day upon discovery of the prohibited material. Written certification shall relieve the junk dealer or recycler from any civil or criminal penalty for possession of the prohibited material. The prohibited material shall be set aside and not sold pending a determination made by a law enforcement agency pursuant to Section 21609.(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) “Agency” means a public agency, city, county, city and county, special district, or private utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.(2) “Appropriate law enforcement agency” means either of the following:(A) The police chief of the city, or his or her designee, if the item or items listed in subdivision (a) are located within the territorial limits of an incorporated city.(B) The sheriff of the county or his or her designee if the item or items listed are located within the county but outside the territorial limits of an incorporated city.(3) “Written certification” means a certification in written form by the junk dealer or recycler to a law enforcement agency, including electronic mail, facsimile, or a letter delivered in person or by certified mail.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 5. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)