2016 Tennessee Code
Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 9 - Scrap Metal Dealers
§ 62-9-102. Scrap metal dealer and location registration -- Declaration by registrant whether ever convicted of violations or offenses involving scrap metal -- Prohibition against registering for period of time after conviction -- Expiration.

(a) No scrap metal dealer shall purchase, deal, or otherwise engage in the scrap metal business unless the dealer and any location used by the dealer to purchase, deal or otherwise engage in the scrap metal business is registered with the department. All registrations under this chapter shall expire two (2) years from the date of the registration or the renewal of the registration. The commissioner may promulgate and adopt rules and regulations that are reasonably necessary to carry out this chapter. The commissioner shall establish registration and renewal fees that are adequate to cover the administrative costs associated with the registration program.

(b) Included on each registration and renewal form shall be a section in which the registrant must declare, under penalty of perjury pursuant to § 39-16-702(a)(3), whether the registrant has ever been convicted of a violation of this chapter or convicted of the criminal offense of theft, burglary or vandalism, where the offense involves scrap metal.

(c) An applicant who has been convicted of a violation of this chapter or has a conviction for the criminal offense of theft, burglary or vandalism, where the offense involves scrap metal, shall be prohibited from registering under this chapter for five (5) years from the date of conviction.

(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a registration issued pursuant to this chapter shall not expire immediately upon the death of the registrant. Such registration shall continue to be effective for the locations designated in such registration for a period of at least sixty (60) days; provided, that such sixty-day period may be extended by the commissioner for good cause.

(e) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a registration issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire upon notification to the department by the location registered with the department that the registrant is no longer an employee or agent of the location.