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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 555

(b)(1) A person or corporation in Calvert County
dealing in junk, SCRAP METAL, or secondhand goods may not
buy or purchase from any person under 21 years any brass,
copper, iron, or junk OR SCRAP METAL of any kind without
having first obtained permission, signed by the parent or
guardian of the minor offering the brass, SCRAP METAL, or
[other] junk for sale, to sell brass, SCRAP METAL, or
[other] junk to the dealer.

(2) Any person or corporation violating this
subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
before a court of competent jurisdiction shall be liable to
a fine not less than $10, nor more than $30, for each

offense.

(c) (1) (I) Every person, firm or corporation engaged
in the business of collecting or dealing in junk OR SCRAP
METAL in Calvert County shall secure first a license from
the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county.

(II) The applicant for the license shall
state his name and address and the registration number of
the motor vehicle used in his business.,

(III) The fee for a junk dealer's license
is $25[, and each].

(IV)  THE FEE FOR A SCRAP METAL PROCESSOR'S
LICENSE IS $25.

(V)  EACH license is valid for a period of
one year from the date of issuance.

(VI)  The person, firm or corporation shall
notify the clerk of any change of address or of motor
vehicle registration numbers.

(2)  Each licensee shall make a monthly report by
the tenth day of each month to the Office of the Sheriff of
the County. The report shall state the name and address of
the person to or from whom any junk OR SCRAP METAL was
bought or sold, the date of the sale or purchase, and a list
of the items of junk OR SCRAP METAL bought or sold, and
shall be made on a form signed and dated by the licensee.

(3)  The owner of any motor vehicle used by any
licensee shall be liable equally with the licensee in the
case of the purchase or sale by the licensee of any stolen
goods or property.

(4)  Violation of this section is a misdemeanor,
and is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more
than $100. Failure to file the required report is
punishable by a fine not to exceed $25.