Section 57-30-3 - Notice to sellers.

NM Stat § 57-30-3 (2019) (N/A)
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A. A secondhand metal dealer shall at all times maintain in a prominent place in the dealer's place of business, in open view to a seller of regulated material, a notice in two-inch lettering that:

(1) includes the following language:

"A PERSON ATTEMPTING TO SELL REGULATED MATERIAL MUST PRESENT SUFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.

WARNING: STATE LAW PROVIDES A CIVIL FINE FOR A PERSON WHO INTENTIONALLY PROVIDES A FALSE DOCUMENT OF IDENTIFICATION OR OTHER FALSE INFORMATION TO A SECONDHAND METAL DEALER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SELL REGULATED MATERIAL."; and

(2) states the secondhand metal dealer's usual business hours.

B. The notice required by this section may be contained on a sign that contains another notice if the secondhand metal dealer is required to display another notice pursuant to applicable law.

History: Laws 2008, ch. 29, § 3.

Effective dates. — Laws 2008, ch. 29, § 16 made the Sale of Recycled Metals Act effective January 1, 2009.

Applicability. — Laws 2008, ch. 29, § 15 provided that the provisions of the Sale of Recycled Metals Act shall not apply to a purchase of regulated material from a manufacturing, industrial or other commercial vendor that sells regulated material in the ordinary course of the vendor's business.