California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 21608.7

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 608, Sec. 3. (AB 2312) Effective January 1, 2015.
(a)A junk dealer or recycler shall request to receive theft alert notifications regarding the theft of commodity metals, including, but not limited to, ferrous metal, copper, brass, aluminum, nickel, stainless steel, and alloys, in the junk dealer’s or recycler’s geographic region from the theft alert system maintained by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., or its successor.
(b)The requirement in subdivision (a) does not apply if the institute or its successor requires payment for use of the

theft alert system.

Cite this section

Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 21608.7 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/bpc/division-8-special-business-regulations/chapter-9-secondhand-goods/article-3-junk/section-21608.7

Other sections in Article 3 - Junk

§ 21600§ 21601§ 21602§ 21603§ 21604§ 21605§ 21606§ 21606.5§ 21607§ 21608§ 21608.3§ 21608.5§ 21608.6§ 21608.7§ 21609§ 21609.1§ 21609.5§ 21609.7§ 21610

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