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2011 SESSION
11102136DPatrons-- BaCote, Abbott, Barlow, Hope, McClellan, McQuinn, Tyler, Ward and Watts
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 59.1-126 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 59.1-126. Receipt or bill of sale and other materials to be taken by buyer; sales procedures.
A. As used in this section:
"Covered article" means any secondhand steel, copper, copper wire, aluminum, aluminum wire, brass, brass bearings or fittings, electric light or gas fixtures, locks or other builders hardware, plumbing fixtures, bell or bell fixtures, lead or brass water pipes or any part of such fixtures or pipes, or any wire, cable, lead, solder, copper, iron or brass used by or belonging to a railroad, telephone, telegraph, coal mining, industrial, manufacturing or public utility company.
"Law-enforcement officer" has the same meaning ascribed to the term in § 9.1-101.
B. Any
person buying a covered
article from any person other than (i) a
plumber, (ii) the owner of
buildings from which the covered article is
taken, (iii) a railroad,
coal mining, industrial, manufacturing, or public utility company, (iv) a dealer
holding a permit issued pursuant to § 59.1-117, or (v) the
authorized agent of a person
identified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii), at public or
private sale, any such secondhand articles as are mentioned in § 59.1-125, except those excepted
in said section, shall take:
1. Take
from the seller a properly dated written receipt or bill of sale signed by such
seller, which receipt
shall therein state specifically the seller's name, address, business of
employment, social security number, vehicle license number, and place of residence address, and business and home telephone numbers,
if any. If a the seller of such articles be is not personally known to the
buyer or if the seller be is unable to write his name, such the
seller shall produce an adult witness personally known to the buyer to identify
the seller and also to sign such the receipt or bill of sale as
witness, the latter also stating therein. In such event, the witness shall provide
his full name, occupation,
and place of residence, which information
shall be included on the receipt or bill of sale. Such
receipt or bill of sale shall specifically set
forth, by include
an accurate description giving of each covered
article purchased, which description shall include the
character, kind, quality, weight, length or size, and other detailed description details
sufficient to accurately identify the same, each of
such articles so purchased and shall be retained by the buyer covered article;
2. Collect from the seller the thumb prints of both hands;
3. Make a copy of the seller's driver's license or other form of government identification that includes the seller's name, residence address, and date of birth;
4. Record the vehicle registration card of any automobile or other vehicle in which the covered article was delivered, if any;
5. Attach the materials required pursuant to subdivisions 2, 3, and 4 to the receipt or bill of sale required pursuant to subdivision 1;
6. Take a photograph of any covered article purchased;
7. Retain at his place of business, for a period of six months after such purchase, the receipt or bill of sale, the materials required pursuant to subdivisions 2, 3, and 4 to be attached thereto, and photographs of the covered articles required pursuant to subdivision 6;
8. Make the receipt or bill of sale, with the materials required pursuant to subdivisions 2, 3, and 4 to be attached thereto, and photographs of the covered articles required pursuant to subdivision 6, available to any law enforcement officer who is engaged in the investigation of the theft of any secondhand articles;
9. Withhold payment for any covered article until the third business day following delivery of the covered article;
10. Make any payment of $50 or more for covered articles purchased in the form of a check; and
11. Hold covered articles for seven days following their purchase.