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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="20-401" title_number="20" title_name="Automated Purchasing Machines" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Automated Purchasing Machine Transactions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A buyer shall ensure that each automated purchasing machine that the buyer owns or operates in the State meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before the completion of a transaction in which an automated purchasing machine buys personal property, the automated purchasing machine shall require a seller to provide the following information:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the full name of the seller;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date of birth of the seller;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the complete home address of the seller; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a contact telephone number for the seller.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An automated purchasing machine receiving personal property from a seller shall verify the information provided by the seller under paragraph (1) of this subsection by requiring the seller to submit:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the seller’s government–issued identification card; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any other form of personal identifying information required by the Secretary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On completion of a transaction in which an automated purchasing machine buys personal property, the automated purchasing machine shall make a record of the transaction that includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the information obtained from the seller under subsection (b)(1) of this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a photograph of the seller;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an electronic copy or a photocopy of the identifying information submitted under subsection (b)(2) of this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the date, time, and location of the transaction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a description of the personal property, including a statement whether the personal property appears to have been altered.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In addition to the information required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, if the personal property bought by an automated purchasing machine is an electronic device, the automated purchasing machine shall make a record of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the make and model of the electronic device; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the serial number of the electronic device if it can be determined at the time of purchase.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A serial number that an automated purchasing machine generates to record a transaction does not qualify as a serial number for purposes of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A separate entry shall be made for each item of personal property involved in a transaction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
