Terms Used In Florida Statutes 538.20

  • Regulated metals property: means any item composed primarily of any nonferrous metals. See Florida Statutes 538.18
  • Secondary metals recycler: means any person who:
    (a) Is engaged, from a fixed location, in the business of purchase transactions or gathering or obtaining ferrous or nonferrous metals that have served their original economic purpose or is in the business of performing the manufacturing process by which ferrous metals or nonferrous metals are converted into raw material products consisting of prepared grades and having an existing or potential economic value; or
    (b) Has facilities for performing the manufacturing process by which ferrous metals or nonferrous metals are converted into raw material products consisting of prepared grades and having an existing or potential economic value, other than by the exclusive use of hand tools, by methods including, without limitation, processing, sorting, cutting, classifying, cleaning, baling, wrapping, shredding, shearing, or changing the physical form or chemical content thereof. See Florida Statutes 538.18
During the usual and customary business hours of a secondary metals recycler, a law enforcement officer shall, after properly identifying herself or himself as a law enforcement officer, have the right to inspect:

(1) Any and all purchased regulated metals property in the possession of the secondary metals recycler, and
(2) Any and all records required to be maintained under s. 538.19.
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