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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. (1) Every operator licensed pursuant to this Chapter shall produce and deliver to the chief of police of the city or town or to the sheriff of the parish in which he is doing business, every day before the hour of twelve noon, a legible and correct copy of the entries in the book mentioned in R.S. 37:1967 during the previous day. The means for providing the transactional information required under this Section shall be by electronic transmission.
(2) The appropriate law enforcement official may, for purposes of an investigation of a crime relating to a particular scrap metal transaction, request the operator to mail or fax the official the personally identifiable information relating to the transaction under investigation. The operator shall deliver the personally identifiable information relating to the identified transaction to the appropriate law enforcement official within twenty-four hours of the request.
B. In addition to the daily report required in Subsection A of this Section, every operator licensed pursuant to this Chapter shall, every day before the hour of twelve noon, transmit the information contained in the entries in the book required by R.S. 37:1967(B) during the previous day to an electronic database accessible by law enforcement.
C. The operator shall have the responsibility of tendering the information provided for in Subsections A and B of this Section regardless of its use or nonuse by the chief of police in the city or town in which he is doing business or, alternatively, to the sheriff of the parish in which he is doing business. The tender of this information is a courtesy mandated by state law and which provides a benefit to the general public. The chief of police or sheriff shall not be mandated to take any particular action concerning the information tendered.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 37, § 1972. Daily report of entries - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-37-sect-1972/
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