1 Miss. Code. R. 13-1.13 - Metal Property or Regulated Metal Property

Metal Property or Regulated Metal Property as defined in the Act and used in these Rules shall include the following:

A. railroad track materials such as any materials, equipment and parts used in the construction, operation, protection and maintenance of a railroad;

B. copper materials, such as any copper wire, bars, rods or tubing, including copper wire or cable or coaxial cable of the type used by public utilities, common carriers or communication services providers, whether wireless or wire line, copper air conditioner evaporator coils or condensers, aluminum copper radiators not attached to a motor vehicle, or any combination of these;

C. aluminum materials such as any aluminum cable, bars, rods or tubing of the type used to construct utility, communication or broadcasting towers, aluminum utility wire and aluminum irrigation pipes or tubing; however, this shall not include aluminum cans that have served their original economic purpose;

D. electrical, communications or utility brass, metal covers for service access and entrances to sewers and storm drains, metal bridge pilings, irrigation wiring and other metal property attached to or part of center pivots, grain bins, stainless steel sinks, catalytic converters not attached to a motor vehicle, metal beer kegs or metal syrup tanks or any recognizable part thereof generally used in the beverage industry unless the dealer possesses a bill of sale from a beverage manufacturer, beverage distributor or from a manufacturer of such tanks;

E. any bronze vase or marker, memorial, statue, plaque, or other bronze object used at a cemetery or other location where deceased persons are interred, entombed or memorialized unless the dealer possesses documentation from local law enforcement and from a cemetery authenticating the lawful source of such material;

F. manhole covers and other similar types of utility access covers, including storm drain covers, or any metal property clearly identified as belonging to a political subdivision of the state or a municipality, unless that metal property is purchased from the political subdivision, the municipal utility or the manufacturer of the metal. Any purchaser who purchases metal property in bulk shall be allowed twenty-four (24) hours to determine if any metal property prohibited by this subsection (F) is included in a bulk purchase. The purchaser shall notify law enforcement no later than twenty-four (24) hours after the purchase.

G. copper telecommunication wire in any form or any metal property clearly identified as belonging to a telecommunications company, unless that metal property is purchased from (i) an electrician or contractor to whom either a license has been issued by a municipality or county in this state or a current certificate of responsibility has been issued by the State Board of Public Contractors; or (ii) a person who holds a demolition permit issued by a municipality or county in this state;

H. copper telecommunication wire that has been burned to remove the insulation, unless the seller provides certification, on a form as issued by the Secretary of State and signed by a firefighter who is currently in compliance with the certification requirements of the Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board or a certified law enforcement officer, that the source of the copper telecommunication wire was from a building destroyed by fire. Metal property does not include ferrous materials not listed in the Act.

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1 Miss. Code. R. 13-1.13

Miss. Code Ann. § 97-17-71.1(1)(b).

Amended 7/1/2022