Section 57-30-5 - Record of purchase. - New Mexico Statutes

57-30-5. Record of purchase.

A.     A secondhand metal dealer in this state shall keep an accurate and legible written record, in a form approved by the department, of each purchase made in the course of the dealer's business from a person of: 

(1)     copper or brass material; 

(2)     bronze material; 

(3)     aluminum material in excess of ten pounds; or 

(4)     steel material in excess of one ton, except that a written record shall be kept of each purchase of a stainless steel beer keg. 

B.     The record shall be in English and shall include: 

(1)     the place and date of the purchase; 

(2)     the name and address of each person from whom the regulated material is purchased or obtained; 

(3)     the identifying number of the personal identification document of each person from whom the regulated material is purchased or obtained; 

(4)     the year, make, model and license plate number of the motor vehicle used to transport the regulated material; 

(5)     a description made in accordance with the custom of the trade of the type and quantity of regulated material purchased; and 

(6)     the statement required by Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of Section 4 [57-30-4 NMSA 1978] of the Sale of Recycled Metals Act.