§ 51-35-01 — Definitions

North Dakota § 51-35-01

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 51: Sales and Exchanges
• Ch. 51-35: Purchases by Scrap Metal Dealers

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Alloy" means a combination of a metal and carbon or other metals.
2. "Business records" means records of any purchase or transaction that involves the
receipt of scrap metals made in the ordinary course of business and includes written
receipts, books or similar records, or electronically stored records, but does not include
correspondence, tax returns, or financial statements.
3. "Catalytic converter" means a motor vehicle exhaust system component attached to
the motor vehicle which reduces vehicle emissions by breaking down harmful exhaust
emissions.
4. "Detached used catalytic converter" means a catalytic converter previously removed
from a motor vehicle, or any nonferrous part of a catalytic converter previously
removed from a motor vehicle. The term does not include a catalytic converter
incidentally included in a mixed load of ferrous or nonferrous scrap metal.
5. "Ferrous metals" means those metals that will attract a magnet, and includes alloys of
those metals.
6. "Law enforcement officer" or "peace officer" means a public servant authorized by law
or by a government agency or branch to enforce the law and to conduct or engage in
investigations or prosecutions for violations of law.
7. "Nonferrous metals" means those metals that will not normally attract a magnet,
including copper, brass, aluminum, bronze, lead, zinc, platinum, and nickel; alloys of
those metals; and metals contained within detached used catalytic converters.
8. "Scrap metal" means ferrous or nonferrous metals purchased primarily for reuse or
recycling, including metals combined with other materials at the time of purchase or
acquisition; insulated and uninsulated wire and cable; and detached used catalytic
converters. Scrap metal does not include automobiles, automobile hulks, or any
aluminum food or beverage containers.
9. "Scrap metal dealer" means a person engaged in the business of purchasing, trading,
or bartering scrap metal, and includes all employees of the scrap metal dealer. A scrap
metal dealer must have a fixed business premises, shall obtain a sales and use tax
permit from the tax commissioner, and shall register with the attorney general as a
scrap metal dealer under section 51-35-05.