This article shall not apply to purchases of metal property from any of the following:

(1) A law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity unless the law enforcement officer is investigating a compliance issue pursuant to this article or is presenting metal property for sale.

Have a question?
Click here to chat with a criminal defense lawyer and protect your rights.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 13A-8-35

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) A trustee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, or receiver who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler.
(3) Any public official acting under a court order who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler.
(4) A sale or the execution, or by virtue, of any process issued by a court if proof thereof has been presented to the secondary metals recycler.
(5) A manufacturing, industrial, or other commercial vendor that generates or sells regulated metal property in the ordinary course of its business.
(6) A municipal, county, state, federal, or other governmental entity.
(7) A utility company.
(8) A funeral home or the owner or operator of a cemetery.