District of Columbia Scrap Metal Laws
Payment Restrictions:
District of Columbia does NOT have special payment restrictions.
Fingerprinting:
District of Columbia does not require fingerprints.
Video Recording:
District of Columbia does not require video recordings.
Tag and Hold:
District of Columbia requires yards to tag-and-hold certain materials for a period of time to give law enforcement time to locate possibly stolen material matching that description. Once tag-and-hold expires, the material can be recycled. Nexus handles all of this scheduling for you -- 100% automated with no manual input required.
License Scanning:
District of Columbia does not require drivers license scanning.
Vehicle Descriptions:
District of Columbia does not require vehicle information to be recorded.
Taking Photographs of Materials:
District of Columbia does not require images to be taken of materials. However, it is always a good idea for law enforcement. Nexus does this automatically, unlike other systems, your employees won't have to click any buttons or do anything manually to capture images.
Taking Photographs of Customers Faces:
District of Columbia does not require facial photographs. However, it is always a good idea for law enforcement. Nexus does this automatically, unlike other systems, your employees won't have to click any buttons or do anything manually to capture images.
Notify Law Enforcement:
District of Columbia does not require law enforcement notification.
NMVTIS Reporting:
ALL STATES, not just District of Columbia are required to report vehicle purchases to NMVTIS through services like Add123.com or Nexus' integrated reporting system. Failure to report vehicles results in a $1,500 fine PER VEHICLE by the federal government. Nexus handles vehicle purchases, VIN number decoding and NMVTIS reporting automatically!
Legal Mandates
Updated January 2014
State Requirements
There are no regulations for scrap yards or junk yards specific to the District of Columbia. We suggest that all scrap yards adopt the following standard rules when operating:
In order to sell scrap metal, sellers are generally required to:
· Allow a copy of the seller’s a driver's license or state ID card;
· Sign a statement indicating that they are the owner of or are authorized to sell the metal;
· Sign a statement that they have not been convicted of metal theft
Buyer’s should:
- Record make, model and license plate number of sellers vehicle used to transport scrap
- Keep a record of sellers name, address and date of sale
- All sales tickets must have location of sale, date and time of the sale, as well as the initials of the clerk completing the sale.
- Must also show the weight, quantity and/or volume of the material.
- Sales tickets must be signed by the seller. Seller will receive a copy of the receipt and buyer will retain a copy.
· Buyer must report purchased vehicle information to NMVTIS
NOTE: D. C. regulations do say that “Salvage or junk yards would be considered liable for causing tampering if they sell catalytic converters that have not been tested or do not meet the requirements outlined in the policy and if the converters are subsequently installed by parties named in the Clean Air Act as prohibited from tampering.”
While there are no regulations in D.C. preventing it, it is standard practice that no scrap metal business may purchase or receive beer kegs from anyone except a distributor or manufacturer of beer kegs or licensed brewery.
Keep records, certifications, registrations, etc. on site for 2 years.
Scrap recyclers must maintain a record of all purchases for a minimum of two years and is subject to inspection by any law enforcement at any time. There is a 10-day tag-and-hold policy when notified by law enforcement to do so.
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