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19 entriesSection 21600Defines 'junk' to include secondhand or used machinery, ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, furniture, pallets, and other personal property or…Section 21601Defines a junk dealer to include a person engaged in buying, selling, or dealing in junk; a person who purchases, gathers, collects,…Section 21602Defines 'junk yard' for the article to include any yard, plot, space, enclosure, building, or other place where junk is collected, stored,…Section 21603Exempts from the article secondhand furniture merchants, pawnbrokers, secondhand car dealers or merchants connected with vehicle sales agencies when not operated with…Section 21604Exempts from the article persons buying or selling junk acquired through a business other than junk dealing or recycling, specified scrap-metal purchases…Section 21605Requires every California junk dealer and recycler to keep a written record of all business sales and purchases. Defines 'recycler' for the…Section 21606Requires every junk dealer and recycler to record each transaction's place, date, time, amount paid, employee, specified seller identification, transport vehicle information,…Section 21606.5Requires junk dealers and recyclers during normal business hours to permit periodic inspection of their premises and junk for recordkeeping compliance and…Section 21607Requires every junk dealer and recycler to preserve the written transaction record required by the article for at least two years after…Section 21608Establishes misdemeanors for junk-dealer/recycler record failures, refusal to produce records, or destruction within two years after final entry. Sets knowing/willful violations at…Section 21608.3Prohibits unauthorized disclosure of personal identification information that a junk dealer or recycler collects from a seller and makes the violator civilly…Section 21608.5Requires nonferrous-material junk dealers/recyclers to delay payment until the third business day and use alternative-address utility bills due within two months before…Section 21608.6Requires junk dealers/recyclers in curbside-pickup jurisdictions to pay for newspaper/CRV containers by check or electronic transfer and retain seller-address records two years.…Section 21608.7Requires a junk dealer or recycler to request theft-alert notifications for commodity-metal thefts in the dealer's or recycler's geographic region from the…Section 21609Allows a peace officer with probable cause that property at a junk dealer or recycler is stolen to hold it up to…Section 21609.1Prohibits junk dealers and recyclers from possessing listed agency-owned infrastructure without written agency certification authorizing its sale, salvage, or recycling. A dealer…Section 21609.5Prohibits junk dealers and recyclers from buying or receiving refillable stainless-steel or aluminum-alloy beer kegs bearing ownership indicia from anyone other than…Section 21609.7Prohibits junk dealers and recyclers from buying ownership-marked bulk merchandise pallets from anyone but the indicated owner unless documented authorization exists. For…Section 21610Requires core recyclers accepting catalytic converters to record seller, vehicle, converter, ownership, and transaction information and use traceable noncash payment, generally mailed…