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# O.C.G.A. § 43-43-1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) ‘‘Licensed seller’’ means any person, firm, or corporation licensed by a state board of registration in this state for salvage dealers, dismantlers, or rebuilders which may be in existence as of July 1, 1981, or which may be created thereafter.

(2) ‘‘Scrap metal processor’’ means any person, firm, or corporation which is engaged in the business of buying scrap vehicles, automotive parts, or other metallic waste by weight to process such material into scrap metal for remelting purposes; which utilizes machinery and equipment for processing ferrous and nonferrous metallic scrap into prepared grades; and whose principal product is metallic scrap.

(3) ‘‘Scrap vehicle’’ means any vehicle which has been crushed or flattened by mechanical means or which has been otherwise damaged to the extent that it cannot economically be repaired or made roadworthy.

## History

Ga. L. 1981, p. 973, § 1.