- (1) Payment to individual sellers of catalytic converters that have been removed from a vehicle may not be made at the time of the transaction and shall not be paid earlier than three business days after the transaction was made.
- (2) No transaction involving catalytic converters that have been removed from a vehicle may be made in cash or with any person who does not provide a street address and photographic identification. The person with whom the transaction is being made may only be paid by a nontransferable check, mailed by the licensed auto wrecker to a street address recorded according to RCW 46.80.080, no earlier than three days after the transaction was made. A transaction occurs on the date provided in the record required under RCW 46.80.080.
- (3) This section does not apply to the purchase of material from a licensed business that manufactures catalytic converters in the ordinary course of its legal business.
[ 2024 c 301 s 19; 2022 c 221 s 6.]
Notes:
Effective date—Findings—Intent—2024 c 301: See notes following RCW 9A.82.180.
Effective date—2022 c 221 ss 5-7: See note following RCW 9A.56.410.
Findings—Intent—2022 c 221: See note following RCW 19.290.020.