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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 59. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

  § 59-1424. Items not to be purchased - Items regulated.  

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  • A.  Scrap metal dealers permitted to do business in this state as required by the Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act shall not purchase any item listed in subsection B of this section without:

    1.  Obtaining proof that the seller owns or is authorized to sell the property, by evidence of a receipt of purchase or a bill of sale for the property; and

    2.  Requiring the seller to sign a written declaration in the form required by subsection I of Section 3 of this act; or

    3.  Obtaining proof that the seller is an exempted seller or an employee of an exempted seller, as defined in Section 2 of this act.

    B.  The following items are regulated by the provisions of this act:

    1.  Manhole covers, street signs, traffic signs, traffic signals including their fixtures and hardware, or any other identifiable public property;

    2.  Electric light poles, including their fixtures and hardware, electric transmission or distribution cable and wires, and any other hardware associated with electric utility or telecommunication systems;

    3.  Highway guard rails;

    4.  Funeral markers, plaques or funeral vases;

    5.  Historical markers or public artifacts;

    6.  Railroad equipment;

    7.  Any metal item marked with any form of the name, initials or logo of a governmental entity, utility, cemetery or railroad;

    8.  Condensing or evaporating coil from a heating or air conditioning unit;

    9.  Aluminum or stainless steel containers or bottles designed to contain fuel;

    10.  Metal beer kegs that are clearly marked as being the property of the beer manufacturer;

    11.  Metal bleachers or other seating facilities used in recreational areas or sporting arenas;

    12.  Automotive catalytic converters;

    13.  Plumbing or electrical fixtures;

    14.  Tools;

    15.  Machinery or supplies commonly used in the drilling, completing, operating or repairing of oil or gas wells; and

    16.  Stainless steel fittings and fixtures commonly used in the operation of car wash facilities.

Added by Laws 2008, c. 391, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.