North Carolina § 66-425 - Permissible payment methods for nonferrous metals purchasers.
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§ 66-425. Permissible payment methods for nonferrous metals purchasers.
Limitation on Cash Purchases. No nonferrous metals purchaser shall enter into a cash transaction for the purchase of copper, and no nonferrous metals purchaser shall purchase any nonferrous metal property for any cash consideration greater than one hundred dollars ($100.00) per transaction. Any payment in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per transaction shall be made by check, money order or cash card system. A nonferrous metals purchaser shall not make more than one cash purchase per day from any individual, business, corporation or partnership. History (2012-46, s. 28.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-46, s. 28, enacted this section with a subsection (a) designation, but no subsection (b). The "(a)" designator has been deleted from the beginning of this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2012-46, s. 33, provides: "This act becomes effective October 1, 2012, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date. Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions."
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 66-425 ("Permissible payment methods for nonferrous metals purchasers.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. 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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