Georgia CommonsTitle 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE · Chapter 1. SELLING AND OTHER TRADE PRACTICES · Article 14. SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS
10-1-358. Purchases of regulated metal property exempted from application of article.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
This article shall not apply to purchases of regulated metal property from:
- (1)
Organizations, corporations, or associations registered with the state as charitable, philanthropic, religious, fraternal, civic, patriotic, social, or school sponsored organizations or associations or from any nonprofit corporations or associations;#
- (2)
A law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity;#
- (3)
A trustee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, or receiver who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler;#
- (4)
Any public official acting under judicial process or authority who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler;#
- (5)
A sale on the execution, or by virtue, of any process issued by a court if proof thereof has been presented to the secondary metals recycler; or#
- (6)
A manufacturing, industrial, or other commercial vendor that generates and sells regulated metal property in the ordinary course of its business, provided that such vendor is not a secondary metals recycler.#
History
Code 1981, § 10-1-355, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2452, § 1; Code 1981, § 10-1-358, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 112, § 1-1/HB 872; Ga. L. 2023, p. 71, § 1-5/SB 60, effective July 1, 2023; Ga. L. 2025, p. 691, § 4/SB 40, effective July 1, 2025.
Amendments
The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, deleted “, other than used, detached catalytic converters,” following “metal property” near the beginning of the introductory paragraph and substituted “school sponsored” for “school-sponsored” in paragraph (1). See Editor’s notes for applicability.
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 2025, p. 691, § 10/SB 40, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the Act shall apply to all transactions occurring on and after July 1, 2025.
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