Kansas Statutes Chapter 50. Unfair Trade and Consumer Protection § 50-6,109. Scrap metal theft reduction act; definitions

(1) “Scrap metal dealer” means any individual, firm, company, partnership, association or corporation that operates a business that is engaged in the business of buying, trading or dealing in regulated scrap metal for the purpose of sale for recycling.

(3) “Bales of regulated metal” means regulated scrap metal property processed with professional recycling equipment by compression, shearing or shredding, to a form in which it may be sold by a scrap metal dealer consistent with industry standards.

(4) “Junk vehicle” means a vehicle as defined in K.S.A. 8-126, and amendments thereto, not requiring a title as provided in chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, an aircraft or a boat which is being sold for scrap value.

(5) “Nonferrous metal” means a metal that does not contain iron or steel.

(6) “Vehicle part” means:

(7) “Person” means any individual, scrap metal dealer, manager or employee, owner, operator, corporation, partnership or association.

(8) “Attorney general” means the attorney general of the state of Kansas or the attorney general's designee.

(9) “Catalytic converters” means a device installed in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle that uses a catalyst to convert pollutant gases into less harmful gases.