2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 37:1864.1 — Photographic and other records; exceptions

§1864.1.  Photographic and other records; exceptions

A.  In addition to the information required in R.S. 37:1864, every secondhand dealer shall be required to obtain a photograph of a person selling or delivering merchandise or articles to the dealer.  The quality of such photograph shall be sufficient readily to identify the person depicted.  In lieu of the photograph of the person selling or delivering the merchandise, the dealer may obtain either a thumbprint of such person, the quality of which thumbprint shall be sufficient to identify the person, or the number of the person's valid driver's license.  Each photograph, thumbprint, or valid driver's license number, as the case may be, shall be cross-referenced with the ledger entry required by R.S. 37:1864.  The photograph, thumbprint, or valid driver's license number shall be preserved for a period of at least a year.  

B.  A transaction between dealers who are licensed under Part I of Chapter 21 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be exempt from this Section.  

C.  The provisions of this Section shall not apply to:

(1)  The sale or purchase of manufactured registered bullion bars, coins, or other numismatic items; or

(2)  A retail tire outlet or an automobile dealer dealing in tires.  

Acts 1987, No. 901, §2.