2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 27 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 12 - Scrap Metal Dealers & Scrap Metal Recyclers
§ 377. Prohibitions
(a) A seller shall not sell and a scrap metal recycler shall not purchase the following scrap metal unless, written documentation is provided that the seller is the owner of the scrap metal or is an employee, agent, or other person authorized to sell the scrap metal on behalf of the owner:
(1) Scrap metal marked with the initials or identifying numbers of an electrical company, a telephone company, a cable company or any other public utility, or a brewer;
(2) Sewer access utility access covers;
(3) Sewer manhole covers;
(4) Street light poles and fixtures;
(5) Road and bridge guard rails;
(6) Highway or street signs;
(7) Water meter covers;
(8) Metal beer kegs, including those made of stainless steel that are clearly marked as being the property of another person or entity;
(9) Traffic directional and control signs;
(10) Traffic light signals;
(11) Any scrap metal removed from a building or other structure without the written consent of the property owner;
(12) written consent of the property owner;
(13) Property owned by a telephone, cable, electric, water or other utility and marked or otherwise identified as such; and
(14) Unused and undamaged building construction or utility materials consisting of copper, pipe, tubing or wiring, aluminum wire, historical markers, or grave markers and vases.
