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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="15-511" title_number="15" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Licensing of Businesses and Occupations" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers and Scrap Processors">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each automotive dismantler and recycler and each scrap processor shall keep an accurate and complete record of all vehicles acquired in the person’s business.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The records shall contain, for each vehicle acquired:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The name and address of the person from whom the vehicle was acquired;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The date on which it was acquired;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Documentary evidence acceptable to the Administration of ownership of the vehicle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any information required under § 17–1009(b) of the Business Regulation Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any other information that the Administration requires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, within 30 days after an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor acquires title to a vehicle, the automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor shall, electronically and in a form prescribed by the Administration, notify the Administration or the Administration’s designee of the acquisition.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Immediately after giving the notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor may dispose of the vehicle for dismantling or scrapping.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to a vehicle acquired through a salvage certificate issued by the Administration or by the appropriate government agency of another state.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
