(a) Any unauthorized disclosure of personal identification information collected from a seller by a junk dealer or recycler is prohibited, and any such disclosure shall render the violator liable for a civil fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(b) This section shall become operative on December 1, 2008.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 21608.3

  • 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

(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 730, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 2008. Section operative December 1, 2008, by its own provisions.)

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