Mississippi § 97-17-71 - 2.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 97-17-71 — 2., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 97-17-71. 2.
It is an offense for a scrap metal dealer or other purchaser to pay cash to a person who presents an air conditioner evaporator coil or condenser, in whole or in part, for sale as scrap, or for such dealer to make payment of any kind at the time of the transaction. Scrap metal described in subsection (1) may only be sold for scrap by an authorized agent, representative or employee of one (1) of the following: A licensed HVAC contractor who acquired the evaporator coil or condenser in the performance as a contractor as defined in Section 31-3-1; A company meeting all local or municipal requirements to obtain a permit from that jurisdiction to repair, replace and install HVAC units containing copper evaporator coils or condensers; Where the jurisdiction does not require a permit to repair, replace and install HVAC units containing copper evaporator coils or condensers, by a company holding a privilege license indicating the business as that of an HVAC installer or repairer; or A company holding a privilege license indicating the business as that of an HVAC installer or repairer. The person offering an air conditioner evaporator coil or condenser for sale as scrap on behalf of a company listed in subsection (2) shall have in the person’s possession documentation that the company for whom it is being sold is a company described in subsection (2), and that the person selling the evaporator coil or condenser is an authorized agent, representative or employee of that company. Payment for scrap metal described in subsection (1) must be made by check or money order, mailed to the business address of the company for whom the metal is being sold, and the name of the company must be the payee on the check. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per offense. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a person violating this section from also being prosecuted for any other applicable criminal offense.
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Section 97-17-71 ("2.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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