Ind. Code § 25-37.5-1-9
Catalytic converters as valuable metal; prohibition of sale; exceptions
Redline — January 1, 2018 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 9. (a) A person may not sell or attempt to sell, and a valuable metal dealer may not purchase or attempt to purchase, a catalytic converter, in whole or in part, as valuable metal when the catalytic converter is not attached to a motor vehicle at the time of the sale or attempted sale, unless the seller is a used parts dealer or an automotive repair company.
Sec. 9. (a) A person may not sell or attempt to sell, and a valuable metal dealer may not purchase or attempt to purchase, a catalytic converter, in whole or in part, as valuable metal when the catalytic converter is not attached to a motor vehicle at the time of the sale or attempted sale, unless the seller is a used parts dealer or an automotive repair company.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply when the seller presents the valuable metal dealer with:
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply when the seller presents the valuable metal dealer with an affidavit executed by a law enforcement officer attesting to the officer's reasonable belief that the catalytic converter lawfully came into the possession of the person attempting to sell the catalytic converter.
(1) a:
(A) certificate of title;
(B) certificate of registration;
(C) certificate of authority under IC 9-22-5; or
(D) receipt from a transaction of repair;
for the motor vehicle from which the catalytic converter was taken; or
(2) an affidavit executed by a law enforcement officer attesting to the officer's reasonable belief that the catalytic converter lawfully came into the possession of the person attempting to sell the catalytic converter.
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