GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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SENATE BILL DRS45233-ML-121A   (03/07)

Short Title:      Salvage Yards/Waiting Period.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Britt, Ballard, and J. Jackson (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require secondary metals recyclers and salvage yards to wait at least SEVENTY‑TWO hours from the time of purchasing a motor vehicle before dismantling or wrecking the motor vehicle.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑62.1 reads as rewritten:

"§ 20‑62.1.  Purchase of vehicles for purposes of scrap or parts only.

(a)        Records for Scrap or Parts. – A secondary metals recycler, as defined in G.S. 66‑420(8), and a salvage yard, as defined in G.S. 20‑137.7(6), purchasing motor vehicles solely for the purposes of dismantling or wrecking such motor vehicles for the recovery of scrap metal or for the sale of parts only, shall comply with the provisions of G.S. 20‑61 and subsection (a1) of this section, provided, however, that a secondary metals recycler or salvage yard may purchase a motor vehicle without a certificate of title, if the motor vehicle is 10 model years old or older and the secondary metals recycler or salvage yard comply with the following requirements:

(1)        Maintain a record on a form, or in a format, as approved by the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) of all purchase transactions of motor vehicles. The following information shall be maintained for transactions of motor vehicles:

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c.         The date and time of the transaction.

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(a2) Waiting Period. – A secondary metals recycler or salvage yard purchasing a motor vehicle under this section shall wait at least 72 hours from the time it purchases the motor vehicle before dismantling or wrecking the motor vehicle.

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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2017, and applies to motor vehicles purchased by a secondary metals recycler or salvage yard on or after that date.