Section 10-1-358. Purchases of regulated metal property exempted from application of article

   This article shall not apply to purchases of regulated metal property from:

   (1) Organizations, corporations, or associations registered with the state as charitable, philanthropic, religious, fraternal, civic, patriotic, social, or school-sponsored organizations or associations or from any nonprofit corporations or associations;

   (2) A law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity;

   (3) A trustee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, or receiver who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler;

   (4) Any public official acting under judicial process or authority who has presented proof of such status to the secondary metals recycler;

   (5) A sale on the execution, or by virtue, of any process issued by a court if proof thereof has been presented to the secondary metals recycler; or

   (6) A manufacturing, industrial, or other commercial vendor that generates or sells regulated metal property in the ordinary course of its business, provided that such vendor is not a secondary metals recycler.

Code 1981, § 10-1-355, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 2452, § 1; Code 1981, § 10-1-358, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 112, § 1-1/HB 872.