Title 54

NRS 647.015 “Junk” defined. “Junk” includes old iron, copper, brass, lead, zinc, tin, steel and other metals, metallic cables, wires, ropes, cordage, bottles, bagging, rags, rubber, paper, and all other secondhand, used or castoff articles or material of any kind, but does not in…

NRS 647.016 “Junk dealer” defined. “Junk dealer” means every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of purchasing or selling hides or junk, other than used books. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2547; A 1999, 2546)

NRS 647.0165 “Permanently marked” defined. “Permanently marked” means prominently engraved, etched, welded, metal-stamped, acid-marked or otherwise permanently displayed using a similarly reliable method of imparting a lasting mark on the exterior case of a used catalytic convert…

NRS 647.017 “Scrap metal” defined. 1. “Scrap metal” means nonferrous metals, scrap iron, stainless steel or other material or equipment which consists in whole or in part of metal and which is used in construction, agricultural operations, electrical power generation, transmissio…

NRS 647.0172 “Scrap metal processor” defined. “Scrap metal processor” means any person who: 1. Engages in the business of purchasing, trading, bartering or otherwise receiving scrap metal, used utility wire or used catalytic converters; or 2. Uses machinery and equipment for proc…

NRS 647.018 “Secondhand dealer” defined. 1. “Secondhand dealer” means any person engaged in whole or in part in the business of buying and selling metal junk, melted metals or secondhand personal property, other than antiques, used books, coins and collectibles. 2. The term does …

NRS 647.0185 “Used catalytic converter” defined. “Used catalytic converter” means a catalytic converter or any part thereof that has been previously installed on a vehicle and has been removed. The term does not include a reconditioned or refurbished catalytic converter being sol…

NRS 647.0187 “Used utility wire” defined. “Used utility wire” means: 1. Seven-strand metallic wire; 2. Metallic wire that has been permanently marked with a name, badge, symbol or other mark indicating ownership; or 3. Metallic wire that has been burned, in whole or in part, to r…

NRS 647.019 Licensing as pawnbroker required for certain junk dealers and secondhand dealers. A junk dealer or secondhand dealer who, after purchasing property from a customer, enters into an agreement to allow the customer to buy back the property: 1. Must be licensed as a pawnb…

NRS 647.0191 Prohibition against junk dealer or secondhand dealer buying and selling motor vehicle to same person. 1. A junk dealer or secondhand dealer may not, as part of his or her business as a junk dealer or secondhand dealer, buy a motor vehicle from a person and sell the m…

NRS 647.0192 Exemption of charitable organizations from chapter. All charitable organizations which are recognized as such by the Internal Revenue Code of the United States are exempt from the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1979, 322)

NRS 647.0193 Local regulation of advertising as junk dealer or secondhand dealer. The board of county commissioners of a county or the governing body of a city may, by ordinance, prohibit any person from advertising within its respective jurisdiction as a junk dealer or a secondh…

NRS 647.0195 Power of cities and counties to license, tax and regulate not impaired. The provisions of this chapter do not impair the power of cities and counties in this State to license, tax and regulate any person, firm or corporation now engaged in or hereafter engaged in the…

NRS 647.020 Description of purchases required to be posted. Every junk dealer shall at all times keep conspicuously posted in his or her office or place of business a description of and the amount of hides and junk purchased by the junk dealer each day, together with the names an…

NRS 647.030 Information concerning purchases required to be recorded in book; prohibition on altering or destroying information in book; book required to be open to inspection by certain law enforcement and other governmental officers. 1. Every junk dealer shall keep a book in wh…

NRS 647.035 Used utility wire: Information concerning person who delivered used utility wire must be obtained; period during which information must be retained. 1. A junk dealer shall not purchase or otherwise receive used utility wire unless, at the time that the used utility wi…

NRS 647.040 Suspected lost or stolen personal property in possession of junk dealer: Duty to report; inspections. 1. If any personal property is advertised as having been lost or stolen, and the property or any property answering to the description advertised, or any part of it, …

NRS 647.050 Purchase of junk from certain persons prohibited. No junk dealer or any other person, firm or corporation shall purchase any junk from: 1. Any person appearing to be intoxicated. 2. Any person appearing to be in any abnormal mental condition. 3. Any minor, without the…

NRS 647.060 Vendors’ statements: Contents and filing. 1. At the time of purchase by any junk dealer of any hides or junk, the junk dealer shall require the person vending the hides or junk to subscribe a statement containing the following information: (a) When, where and from who…

NRS 647.070 Applications for inspection and permits for shipping junk and hides. Every junk dealer, before shipping or transporting any articles purchased, shall apply to the sheriff, a deputy or any constable or chief of police in the county from which such shipment is to be mad…

NRS 647.092 Prohibition on purchase of scrap metal without state business license, city or county business license and authorization from or registration with solid waste management authority. A person shall not purchase scrap metal unless that person: 1. Possesses both a valid b…

NRS 647.093 Limitations on purchase or receipt of used catalytic converter. A person described in subsection 1 of NRS 647.0172 shall not purchase or otherwise receive a used catalytic converter for any purpose, including, without limitation, to dismantle, recycle or smelt, unless…

NRS 647.0935 Limitations on purchase or receipt of used utility wire. A person described in subsection 1 of NRS 647.0172 shall not purchase or otherwise receive used utility wire for any purpose, including, without limitation, to recycle or smelt, unless the person purchases or r…

NRS 647.094 Record of purchases; photographic or video documentation; inspection of scrap metal and records. 1. Every scrap metal processor shall maintain in his or her place of business a book or other permanent record in which must be made, at the time of each purchase of scrap…

NRS 647.0943 Record of purchases of used catalytic converters; contents; maintenance; inspection of used catalytic converters and records. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, every scrap metal processor shall maintain in his or her place of business a book or …

NRS 647.0944 Record of purchases of used utility wire; contents; maintenance; inspection of used utility wire and records. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, every scrap metal processor shall maintain in his or her place of business a book or other permanent …

NRS 647.0945 Electronic reporting systems: Authority of local law enforcement agencies; reporting requirements; confidentiality; regulations. 1. A local law enforcement agency may establish an electronic reporting system or utilize an existing electronic reporting system to recei…

NRS 647.0946 Immunity from civil liability. A person is immune from any civil liability for any action taken in good faith and without malicious intent in carrying out the provisions of NRS 647.094 or 647.0945. (Added to NRS by 2013, 1539)

NRS 647.0947 Confidentiality of records; penalty. 1. Except as otherwise required pursuant to NRS 647.0945, any information concerning the purchase of scrap metal, as described in NRS 647.094 and 647.0945, must be kept confidential by the person in whose possession such informati…

NRS 647.096 Peace officer or investigator may place written hold on property possessed by scrap metal processor; procedure for obtaining custody of property; limitations on disposal of property; notice. 1. A peace officer or investigator who is involved in the investigation or pr…

NRS 647.098 Limitations and requirements relating to method of payment by scrap metal processor to seller; receipt required. 1. For each purchase of scrap metal with a value of $150 or more by a scrap metal processor, the scrap metal processor must pay the seller only by check or…

NRS 647.099 Limitations and requirements relating to method of payment by scrap metal processor for used catalytic converter; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a scrap metal processor shall not provide payment for a used catalytic converter unless: (a) T…

NRS 647.101 Limitations and requirements relating to method of payment by scrap metal processor for used utility wire; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a scrap metal processor shall not provide payment for used utility wire unless: (a) The payment is ma…

NRS 647.105 Applicability of provisions to certain persons who buy or sell secondhand firearms or items related to secondhand firearms. A person who is described in subsection 2 of NRS 647.018: 1. Shall comply with the provisions of NRS 647.110, 647.120 and 647.130; and 2. Is sub…

NRS 647.110 Record of transactions; inspection of record and goods. 1. Every secondhand dealer doing business in any incorporated city or unincorporated town in this State shall maintain in his or her place of business a book or other permanent record in which must be legibly wri…

NRS 647.120 Reports of transactions and suspected stolen property to sheriff or chief of police. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, every secondhand dealer doing business in: (a) Any unincorporated town shall, before 12 m. of each day, furnish to the sheriff of the …

NRS 647.130 Retention of marked or otherwise individually identifiable property; exception for motor vehicles. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no property which has a specific mark for identification or is otherwise individually identifiable and is bought by any …

NRS 647.132 Peace officer or investigator may place written hold on property possessed by secondhand dealer; procedure for obtaining custody of property; limitations on disposal of property; notice. 1. A peace officer or investigator who is involved in the investigation or prosec…

NRS 647.135 Violations by junk dealer; penalty. Any junk dealer who violates any of the provisions of NRS 647.020 to 647.070, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Part 7:22:1921; NCL § 3727]—(NRS A 1967, 645; 1991, 788; 1999, 280)

NRS 647.140 Violations by secondhand dealer or clerk, agent or employee of secondhand dealer; penalty. A secondhand dealer and a clerk, agent or employee of a secondhand dealer is guilty of a misdemeanor if he or she: 1. Fails to make an entry of any material matter in a book or …

NRS 647.143 Violations by scrap metal processors; penalty; injunction. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to specific statute, a person who violates any provision of NRS 647.093 to 647.0944, inclusive, or 647.096 to 6…

NRS 647.145 Criminal receipt of junk or scrap metal; penalty. 1. Any person, including, but not limited to, any junk dealer, scrap metal processor or secondhand dealer, or any agent, employee or representative of a junk dealer, scrap metal processor or secondhand dealer, who buys…