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Each report shall (i) be submitted on the next business day following the date of a purchase; (ii) include the seller’s name, date of birth, identification number, address, height, and weight and the license number of any motor vehicle in which the goods or things were delivered; and (iii) be submitted in an electronic format if required by the locality in which the scrap metal purchaser conducts business. The form of the report shall be prescribed by the Virginia State Police.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1389871,"text":"If requested by the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the scrap metal purchaser conducts business, every scrap metal purchaser conducting business in the locality shall furnish to the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the scrap metal purchaser conducts business a report of all of the scrap metal purchaser’s purchases of nonferrous scrap, metal articles, and proprietary articles, excluding aluminum cans and interior household items. Each report shall (i) be submitted on the next business day following the date of a purchase; (ii) include the seller’s name, date of birth, identification number, address, height, and weight and the license number of any motor vehicle in which the goods or things were delivered; and (iii) be submitted in an electronic format if required by the locality in which the scrap metal purchaser conducts business. 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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 917<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2013, chapter 414<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1490239,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372698,"identifier":"59.1-136.5","token":"59.1\/9\/4\/59.1-136.5","url":"\/59.1-136.5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-136.5\/","token":"59.1\/9\/4\/59.1-136.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reports of purchases by scrap metal purchasers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-136.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If requested by the chief law<\/span>-enforcement officer of the locality in which the scrap metal purchaser<\/span> conducts business, every scrap metal purchaser<\/span> conducting business in the locality shall furnish to the chief law<\/span>-enforcement officer of the locality in which the scrap metal purchaser<\/span> conducts business a report of all of the scrap metal purchaser<\/span>’s purchases of nonferrous scrap<\/span>, metal articles<\/span>, and proprietary articles<\/span>, excluding aluminum cans and interior household items. Each report shall (i) be submitted on the next business day following the date of a purchase; (ii) include the seller’s name, date of birth, identification number, address, height, and weight and the license number of any motor vehicle in which the goods or things were delivered; and (iii) be submitted in an electronic format if required by the locality in which the scrap metal purchaser<\/span> conducts business. The form of the report shall be prescribed by the Virginia State Police.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTS OF PURCHASES BY SCRAP METAL PURCHASERS (\u00a7 59.1-136.5)\n\nIf requested by the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the\nscrap metal purchaser conducts business, every scrap metal purchaser conducting\nbusiness in the locality shall furnish to the chief law-enforcement officer of\nthe locality in which the scrap metal purchaser conducts business a report of\nall of the scrap metal purchaser’s purchases of nonferrous scrap, metal\narticles, and proprietary articles, excluding aluminum cans and interior\nhousehold items. Each report shall (i) be submitted on the next business day\nfollowing the date of a purchase; (ii) include the seller’s name, date of\nbirth, identification number, address, height, and weight and the license number\nof any motor vehicle in which the goods or things were delivered; and (iii) be\nsubmitted in an electronic format if required by the locality in which the scrap\nmetal purchaser conducts business. The form of the report shall be prescribed by\nthe Virginia State Police.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 917; 2013, c. 414.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}