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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions
Chapter 44 - Scrap Metal Dealers
§ 17-44-101. Definitions
Universal Citation: AR Code § 17-44-101 (2017)
- As used in this chapter:
- (1) "Beverage container" means a can, bottle, jar, or other container made of aluminum or metal that is sealed by a manufacturer;
- (2) "Minor" means a person under eighteen (18) years of age;
- (3)
- (A) "Nonferrous metal" means a metal that does not contain significant quantities of iron or steel.
- (B) "Nonferrous metal" includes without limitation the following metals and their alloys:
- (i) Copper;
- (ii) Brass;
- (iii) Aluminum;
- (iv) Bronze;
- (v) Lead;
- (vi) Zinc; and
- (vii) Nickel;
- (4) "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a joint venture, a trust, an association, or any other legal entity;
- (5) "Record" means paper, electronic, or other method of storing information;
- (6) "Scrap metal" means bits and pieces of metal parts that may be combined together with bolts or soldering and can be recycled when worn or superfluous;
- (7) "Scrap metal processor" means a person that, from a fixed location, engages in the business of using machinery or equipment for the processing or manufacturing of iron, steel, or nonferrous metal scrap;
- (8)
- (A) "Scrap metal recycler" means any person that purchases scrap metal.
- (B) "Scrap metal recycler" does not include a person that only buys in quantities of five thousand pounds (5,000 lbs.) or more; and
- (9)
- (A) "Seller" means any person that receives in a transaction monetary consideration from a scrap metal recycler in exchange for nonferrous metal, iron, or steel, including without limitation copper, brass, aluminum, bronze, lead, zinc, nickel, and their alloys.
- (B) "Seller" does not include a person that sells scrap metal generated in a manufacturing or production process and sold to a scrap metal recycler under a contract or an agreement.
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