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2025 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 9 - Secondhand Goods
ARTICLE 3 - Junk
Section 21605.
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CA Bus & Prof Code § 21605 (2025)
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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.)
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