Every junk dealer or recycler shall, during normal business hours, allow periodic inspection of any premises maintained and any junk thereon for the purpose of determining compliance with the recordkeeping requirements of this article, and shall during those hours produce his or her records of sales and purchases, except as provided in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 21608.5, and all property purchased incident to those transactions which is in the possession of the junk dealer or recycler for inspection by any of the following persons:

(a) An officer holding a warrant authorizing him or her to search for personal property.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 21606.5

  • City: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 18
  • County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
  • junk: means any and all secondhand and used machinery and all ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, including any and all secondhand and used furniture, pallets, or other personal property, other than livestock, or parts or portions thereof. See California Business and Professions Code 21600
  • junk dealer: includes any person engaged in the business of buying, selling and dealing in junk, any person purchasing, gathering, collecting, soliciting or traveling about from place to place procuring junk, and any person operating, carrying on, conducting or maintaining a junk yard or place where junk is gathered together and stored or kept for shipment, sale or transfer. See California Business and Professions Code 21601
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15

(b) A person appointed by the sheriff of a county or appointed by the head of the police department of a city.

(c) An officer holding a court order directing him or her to examine the records or property.

(d) The amendments to this section made by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative on December 1, 2008.

(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 78, Sec. 1. (AB 85) Effective January 1, 2010.)

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