1 MAC Pt. 13, R. 1.13
Metal Property or Regulated Metal Property
Cite as 1 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 13, R. 1.13
Metal Property or Regulated Metal Property. Metal Property or Regulated Metal
Property as defined in the Act and used in these Rules shall include the following:
A. railroad track materials such as any materials, equipment and parts used in the
construction, operation, protection and maintenance of a railroad;
B. copper materials, such as any copper wire, bars, rods or tubing, including copper wire or
cable or coaxial cable of the type used by public utilities, common carriers or
communication services providers, whether wireless or wire line, copper air conditioner
evaporator coils or condensers, aluminum copper radiators not attached to a motor
vehicle, or any combination of these;
C. aluminum materials such as any aluminum cable, bars, rods or tubing of the type used to
construct utility, communication or broadcasting towers, aluminum utility wire and
aluminum irrigation pipes or tubing; however, this shall not include aluminum cans that
have served their original economic purpose;
D. electrical, communications or utility brass, metal covers for service access and entrances
to sewers and storm drains, metal bridge pilings, irrigation wiring and other metal
property attached to or part of center pivots, grain bins, stainless steel sinks, catalytic
converters not attached to a motor vehicle, metal beer kegs or metal syrup tanks or any
recognizable part thereof generally used in the beverage industry unless the dealer
possesses a bill of sale from a beverage manufacturer, beverage distributor or from a
manufacturer of such tanks;
E. any bronze vase or marker, memorial, statue, plaque, or other bronze object used at a
cemetery or other location where deceased persons are interred, entombed or
memorialized unless the dealer possesses documentation from local law enforcement
and from a cemetery authenticating the lawful source of such material;
F. manhole covers and other similar types of utility access covers, including storm drain
covers, or any metal property clearly identified as belonging to a political subdivision of
the state or a municipality, unless that metal property is purchased from the political
subdivision, the municipal utility or the manufacturer of the metal. Any purchaser who
purchases metal property in bulk shall be allowed twenty-four (24) hours to determine if
any metal property prohibited by this subsection (F) is included in a bulk purchase. The
purchaser shall notify law enforcement no later than twenty-four (24) hours after the
purchase.
G. copper telecommunication wire in any form or any metal property clearly identified as
belonging to a telecommunications company, unless that metal property is purchased
from (i) an electrician or contractor to whom either a license has been issued by a
municipality or county in this state or a current certificate of responsibility has been
issued by the State Board of Public Contractors; or (ii) a person who holds a demolition
permit issued by a municipality or county in this state;
H. copper telecommunication wire that has been burned to remove the insulation, unless the
seller provides certification, on a form as issued by the Secretary of State and signed by
a firefighter who is currently in compliance with the certification requirements of the
Mississippi Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification Board or a certified
law enforcement officer, that the source of the copper telecommunication wire was from
a building destroyed by fire. Metal property does not include ferrous materials not listed
in the Act.