Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4737 - Secondhand Dealers; Junk Yards

• Section 4737.01 - Duties Of Dealers.
  (A) "Personal identification card" means a current and valid driver's license, military identification card, state identification card issued under sections 4507.50 to 4507.52 of...
• Section 4737.011 - Dealers In Precious Metals Or Jewels Exempted.
  Sections 4737.01 to 4737.04 of the Revised Code do not apply to the business of purchasing articles that are made of or contain gold,...
• Section 4737.012 - Bulk Merchandise Containers; Record Keeping.
  (A) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 4737.01 of the Revised Code, a dealer who is in the business of purchasing, reselling, exchanging, recycling, shredding,...
• Section 4737.02 - If Dealer Is A Peddler, He Need Not Hold Property Thirty Days.
  If the purchaser or receiver, by exchange or otherwise, as described in section 4737.01 of the Revised Code, is a peddler, or goes about...
• Section 4737.03 - Not To Deal With Minors - Nor At Certain Hours.
  No person shall purchase or receive by sale, barter, exchange, or otherwise, an article mentioned in sections 4737.01 to 4737.03, inclusive, of the Revised...
• Section 4737.04 - Scrap Metal And Merchandise Container Dealers; Exertion Of Control Over Certain Articles; Record Keeping.
  (A) As used in this section and sections 4737.041, 4737.042, 4737.043, 4737.044, 4737.045, and 4737.99 of the Revised Code: (1) "Scrap metal dealer" means...
• Section 4737.041 - Special Purchase Articles And Bulk Merchandise Containers.
  A scrap metal dealer or bulk merchandise container dealer shall do all of the following with respect to each special purchase article the scrap...
• Section 4737.042 - Electronic Records.
  A scrap metal dealer and a person who purchases, sells, exchanges, or receives secondhand articles may use an electronic device that decodes and records...
• Section 4737.043 - Exemptions From Requirements.
  Sections 4737.04 and 4737.041 of the Revised Code do not apply with respect to any of the following: (A) The donation of articles to...
• Section 4737.044 - Conflicting Municipal Regulations.
  No municipal corporation or other political subdivision shall enforce any regulation that is in conflict with sections 4737.01 to 4737.043 of the Revised Code....
• Section 4737.045 - Registration As Scrap Metal Or Bulk Merchandise Container Dealer.
  (A) To register as a scrap metal dealer or a bulk merchandise container dealer with the director of public safety as required by division...
• Section 4737.05 - Licensing Of Junk Yard Definitions.
  As used in sections 4737.05 to 4737.12 of the Revised Code: (A) "Junk" means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, trash, waste, batteries,...
• Section 4737.06 - Prohibiting Operation Of Junk Yard Without License.
  No person shall operate or maintain a junk yard, adjacent to the interstate or primary systems inside a municipality, except in zoned or unzoned...
• Section 4737.07 - Issuance Of License.
  No person shall operate and maintain a junk yard outside of a municipality, except in zoned or unzoned industrial areas adjacent to the interstate...
• Section 4737.08 - Application Information.
  Application for a license to operate and maintain a junk yard or for a renewal thereof shall be made in writing, accompanied by the...
• Section 4737.09 - Maintaining Fence.
  Any fence constructed under sections 4737.05 to 4737.11, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be neatly constructed, shall be non-transparent, shall be kept in...
• Section 4737.10 - Inspections.
  (A) Before a license is granted or renewed under sections 4737.05 to 4737.12 of the Revised Code, the sheriff of each county, or, if...
• Section 4737.11 - Enforcement.
  Whenever the prosecuting attorney of any county, the chief legal officer of any municipality, or the attorney general is of the opinion that a...
• Section 4737.12 - Determining Unzoned Industrial Areas Adjacent To Interstate And Primary Systems.
  The director of transportation shall develop standards for determining and shall determine unzoned industrial areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems pursuant to...
• Section 4737.13 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-17-1986
• Section 4737.14 - Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions For Human Trafficking.
  The director of public safety shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.169, HB 247, §1, eff.
• Section 4737.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Except as specified in divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) of this section, whoever violates sections 4737.01 to 4737.11 of the Revised...

Last modified: October 10, 2016