N.Y. General Business Law § 69-g: Records

§ 69-g. Records. 1. Such scrap processor shall record (i) each

purchase of any pig or pigs of metal, bronze or brass castings or parts

thereof, sprues or gates or parts thereof, utility wire or brass car

journals, or of metal beer kegs, and (ii) each purchase of iron, steel

and/or nonferrous scrap for a price of fifty dollars or more, and

preserve such record for a period of three years; which record shall

show the date of purchase, name of seller, his residence address by

street, number, city, village or town, the driver's license number or

information from a government issued photographic identification card,

if any, of such person, or by such description as will reasonably locate

the seller, the type and quantity of such purchase; and the scrap

processor shall cause such record to be signed by the seller or his

agent. It shall be unlawful for any seller to refuse to furnish such

information or to furnish incorrect or incomplete information. Such

scrap processor shall also make and retain a copy of the government

issued photographic identification card used to verify the identity of

the person from whom the scrap metal was purchased and shall retain this

copy in a separate book, register or electronic archive for two years

from the date of purchase.

2. Such records shall be available for inspection by the police

department of the state or the municipality in which the establishment

is located.