Bronze statuary, receptacles or memorials, record of purchase required of collectors and dealers
People who buy and sell junk or secondhand goods must write down specific information when they buy bronze cemetery items — like vases, memorials, or statues. They need to record the seller's name, address, place of business, driver's license number, and a description of what was bought including its weight. Police officers can look at this record anytime during reasonable hours. Breaking this rule is a misdemeanor crime.
407.305. Bronze statuary, s or memorials, of purchase required of s and s — . — 1. Whenever any collector of or dealer in or any secondhand property purchases any bronze cemetery vase or receptacle, any bronze cemetery memorial or any bronze statuary, whatever may be the condition of the vase or receptacle, cemetery memorial or bronze statuary, he* shall enter in a kept for that purpose the name, address, and place of business of the person from whom the vase or receptacle was purchased, the driver's number of the person, and a full description of each purchase including quantity thereof.
2. Any of this state may inspect the register at any reasonable time.
3. Any person violating any of the of this section is guilty of a and, upon , shall be punished as provided by law.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1973 H.B. 29 § 1) *Word "they" appears in original rolls.
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