Every junk dealer selling or acquiring secondhand building materials of the kind mentioned in § 59.1-117, including persons regularly engaged in the business of collecting or acquiring secondhand building materials for the purpose of resale to a scrap metal purchaser, shall deliver:
1. If the purchase, acquisition, or receipt of the secondhand building fixture occurred in a city or town, to the chief of police of the city or town in which such goods were bought, collected, or received, every day except Sunday before noon, on blank forms to be prescribed and furnished by the chief of police of such city or town:
a. A legible and accurate description of every secondhand building fixture purchased, acquired, or received by him during the next preceding business day;
b. The date and time of the secondhand building fixture's acquisition;
c. If the person is a dealer, the number of his permit issued pursuant to § 59.1-118;
d. The license number of any automobile or other vehicle in which the secondhand building fixture was collected or received;
e. If available, the name and date of birth of the person with whom the dealer conducted the transaction; and
f. If the person is a dealer, a reference to the volume and number of the page where the original entry required by subsection B of § 59.1-120 is made; or
2. If the purchase, acquisition, or receipt of the secondhand building fixture occurred in a county, the same information required by subdivision 1 shall be furnished to the sheriff of the county in which such goods were bought, collected, or received not later than midday of the Saturday following the purchase or receipt of such goods, but the sheriff shall not be required to prepare or furnish blank forms for such reports for use in the county, and the dealer may submit any report which fairly conforms to the requirements of subdivision 1.
Code 1950, § 59-149; 1968, c. 439; 1972, c. 598; 2010, c. 805; 2011, c. 836; 2013, c. 414.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce
Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles
§ 59.1-117. Permit required for trading in secondhand building fixtures
§ 59.1-118. Permit issued by chief of police or sheriff; revocation
§ 59.1-119. Who deemed a dealer
§ 59.1-119.1. Dealer required to show permit and identification
§ 59.1-120. Recordkeeping requirements
§ 59.1-121. Reports to be made to chief of police or sheriff
§ 59.1-122. Books and places of business open to inspection
§ 59.1-123. Exemptions from article
§ 59.1-124. Penalty for violation
§ 59.1-125. When unlawful to buy
§ 59.1-126. Receipt or bill of sale to be taken by buyer; sales procedures
§ 59.1-127. Violation of § 59.1-125 or § 59.1-126 a misdemeanor; revocation of dealer's license
§ 59.1-128. When unlawful to buy, exchange, etc., secondhand copper or aluminum wire
§ 59.1-129. Requirements when articles mentioned in § 59.1-128 are bought, exchanged, etc.
§ 59.1-130. Punishment for violation of § 59.1-128 or § 59.1-129
§ 59.1-131. When watch deemed secondhand
§ 59.1-132. Tag to be affixed to watch
§ 59.1-133. Invoice to be furnished to purchaser
§ 59.1-134. Advertisement or display
§ 59.1-135. Penalty for violation
§ 59.1-136. Pawnbrokers' auction sales exempted
§ 59.1-136.2. Purchases of ferrous scrap
§ 59.1-136.3. Purchases of nonferrous scrap, metal articles, and proprietary articles
§ 59.1-136.4. Purchases of materials from minors
§ 59.1-136.5. Reports of purchases by scrap metal purchasers