Kansas Statutes 50-620. Prohibited acts; certain information as to ownership of junk required; register
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 50-620
- Junk: shall mean and include, in addition to items or goods commonly referred to as junk, such other used or secondhand goods as rope, scrap iron, brass, lead, copper or aluminum wire or tubing and other scrap metals, but shall not include antiques, or wrecked vehicles as defined in this act, or aluminum in food or beverage containers;
(d) "Antique" means any furniture, object of art, or other object, item or article made or manufactured at an earlier period of time, but shall not include junk;
(e) "Antique dealer" means any person conducting a business of buying and selling antiques;
(f) "Wrecked vehicle" means any wrecked, ruined, dismantled or inoperative motor passenger vehicle or motor truck, and any part or accessory therefrom, for which an original or assigned certificate of title is transferred for such vehicle or truck to an automotive salvage dealer and later surrendered and reported to the division of vehicles of the state department of revenue as required by law;
(g) "Automotive salvage dealer" means any person holding a valid license under the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 50-619
- Junk dealer: means any person engaged in the business of buying, selling and dealing in junk, or any person purchasing, gathering, collecting, soliciting or traveling about from place to place procuring junk or any person operating, carrying on, conducting or maintaining a junk yard or place where junk is gathered together and stored or kept for shipment, sale or transfer, but shall not include antique dealers, or automotive salvage dealers dealing in wrecked vehicles as defined in this act;
(b) "Junk yard" means any yard, plot, space, enclosure, building or any other place where junk is collected, stored, gathered together and kept;
(c) "Junk" shall mean and include, in addition to items or goods commonly referred to as junk, such other used or secondhand goods as rope, scrap iron, brass, lead, copper or aluminum wire or tubing and other scrap metals, but shall not include antiques, or wrecked vehicles as defined in this act, or aluminum in food or beverage containers;
(d) "Antique" means any furniture, object of art, or other object, item or article made or manufactured at an earlier period of time, but shall not include junk;
(e) "Antique dealer" means any person conducting a business of buying and selling antiques;
(f) "Wrecked vehicle" means any wrecked, ruined, dismantled or inoperative motor passenger vehicle or motor truck, and any part or accessory therefrom, for which an original or assigned certificate of title is transferred for such vehicle or truck to an automotive salvage dealer and later surrendered and reported to the division of vehicles of the state department of revenue as required by law;
(g) "Automotive salvage dealer" means any person holding a valid license under the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 50-619
- Person: means any individual, corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, cooperative or other legal entity. See Kansas Statutes 50-624
- Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any item or items of junk to a junk dealer in this state unless such person shall present to said junk dealer, at the time of sale, information as to the ownership of such item or items of junk. Such information shall include the seller’s name, address and place of business, if any. Every junk dealer shall keep a register in which the dealer shall at the time of purchase or receipt of any item, excepting rags and paper, enter the name, residence and place of business, if any, of the person from whom the junk dealer purchased or received the item, description of items purchased and the price paid for such item or items.