Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 1 - Secretary of State › Part 13 - Regulation and Enforcement - Scrap Metal Dealer Regulation › Chapter 1 - Definitions › Rule 1-13-1.13 - Metal Property or Regulated Metal Property

Current through June 25, 2024
Metal Property or Regulated Metal Property as defined in the
				  Act and used in these Rules shall include the following:
A. railroad track materials such as any
				materials, equipment and parts used in the construction, operation, protection
				and maintenance of a railroad;
B.
				copper materials, such as any copper wire, bars, rods or tubing, including
				copper wire or cable or coaxial cable of the type used by public utilities,
				common carriers or communication services providers, whether wireless or wire
				line, copper air conditioner evaporator coils or condensers, aluminum copper
				radiators not attached to a motor vehicle, or any combination of
				these;
C. aluminum materials such
				as any aluminum cable, bars, rods or tubing of the type used to construct
				utility, communication or broadcasting towers, aluminum utility wire and
				aluminum irrigation pipes or tubing; however, this shall not include aluminum
				cans that have served their original economic purpose;
D. electrical, communications or utility
				brass, metal covers for service access and entrances to sewers and storm
				drains, metal bridge pilings, irrigation wiring and other metal property
				attached to or part of center pivots, grain bins, stainless steel sinks,
				catalytic converters not attached to a motor vehicle, metal beer kegs or metal
				syrup tanks or any recognizable part thereof generally used in the beverage
				industry unless the dealer possesses a bill of sale from a beverage
				manufacturer, beverage distributor or from a manufacturer of such
				tanks;
E. any bronze vase or
				marker, memorial, statue, plaque, or other bronze object used at a cemetery or
				other location where deceased persons are interred, entombed or memorialized
				unless the dealer possesses documentation from local law enforcement and from a
				cemetery authenticating the lawful source of such material;
F. manhole covers and other similar types of
				utility access covers, including storm drain covers, or any metal property
				clearly identified as belonging to a political subdivision of the state or a
				municipality, unless that metal property is purchased from the political
				subdivision, the municipal utility or the manufacturer of the metal. Any
				purchaser who purchases metal property in bulk shall be allowed twenty-four
				(24) hours to determine if any metal property prohibited by this subsection (F)
				is included in a bulk purchase. The purchaser shall notify law enforcement no
				later than twenty-four (24) hours after the purchase.
G. copper telecommunication wire in any form
				or any metal property clearly identified as belonging to a telecommunications
				company, unless that metal property is purchased from (i) an electrician or
				contractor to whom either a license has been issued by a municipality or county
				in this state or a current certificate of responsibility has been issued by the
				State Board of Public Contractors; or (ii) a person who holds a demolition
				permit issued by a municipality or county in this state;
H. copper telecommunication wire that has
				been burned to remove the insulation, unless the seller provides certification,
				on a form as issued by the Secretary of State and signed by a firefighter who
				is currently in compliance with the certification requirements of the
				Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board or a
				certified law enforcement officer, that the source of the copper
				telecommunication wire was from a building destroyed by fire. Metal property
				does not include ferrous materials not listed in the Act.
Miss. Code
				  Ann. §
										97-17-71.1(1)(b).