A. A scrap metal dealer shall not purchase or receive metallic wire that was burned in whole or in part to remove insulation unless the scrap metal dealer receives from the scrap metal seller written evidence identifying the person who delivers the wire to the scrap metal dealer that includes evidence that the wire was lawfully burned.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 44-1646

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other entity of whatever kind or nature. See Arizona Laws 44-1691
  • Scrap metal dealers: means each person or business entity, including all employees of the person or business entity, except automotive recyclers that are licensed pursuant to Title 28, Chapter 10 and whose primary business is the dismantling, selling or disposing of parts or accessories of motor vehicles, engaged in the business of purchasing, trading, bartering or otherwise receiving secondhand or castoff material of any kind that is commonly known as scrap metal. See Arizona Laws 44-1641

B. A scrap metal dealer shall not accept aluminum wire with a diameter of 3/8 inch or more or any copper wire that has the insulation removed and shall not remove the insulation from the wire until after the seven-day period prescribed by section 44-1644, subsection E.

C. This section does not apply to transactions with all industrial accounts or to transactions between scrap metal dealers.