(a) A junk dealer or recycler in this state shall not provide payment for nonferrous material unless, in addition to meeting the written record requirements of Sections 21605 and 21606, all of the following requirements are met: (1) (A) The payment for the material is made by cash, general use prepaid card, or check. The check may be mailed to the seller at the address provided pursuant to paragraph (3), or the cash or check may be collected by the seller from the junk dealer or recycler on or after the third business day after the date of sale. If the buyer offers, and the seller agrees, to have the payment made by general use prepaid card, the card may be provided to the seller at the time of sale, but funds shall not be available to the seller until the third business day after the date of sale. (B) If payment is made by general use prepaid card, a junk dealer or recycler shall pay any one-time initial issuance fee. (C) A general use prepaid card used pursuant to this section shall allow for reasonably convenient access to a surcharge-free cash access network location, and the junk dealer or recycler shall inform the seller as to the location of a designated surcharge-free cash access location upon issuance of the card. (D) Nothing in this section shall prevent or regulate the fees or surcharges charged by a bank or credit union that is not a party to the contract that requires payment to be made by a general use prepaid card. (2) At the time of sale, the junk dealer or recycler obtains a clear photograph or video of the seller. (3) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the junk dealer or recycler obtains a copy of the valid driverâs license of the seller containing a photograph and an address of the seller, a copy of a state or federal government-issued identification card containing a photograph and an address of the seller, a passport from any other country in addition to another item of identification bearing an address of the seller, or a Matricula Consular in addition to another item of identification bearing an address of the seller. (B) If the seller prefers to have the check or general use prepaid card with payment for the material mailed to an alternative address, other than a post office box, the junk dealer or recycler shall obtain a copy of a driverâs license or identification card described in subparagraph (A), and a gas or electric utility bill addressed to the seller at that alternative address with a payment due date no more than two months prior to the date of sale. For purposes of this paragraph, âalternative addressâ means an address that is different from the address appearing on the sellerâs driverâs license or identification card. (4) The junk dealer or recycler obtains a clear photograph or video of the nonferrous material being purchased. (5) The junk dealer or recycler shall preserve the information obtained pursuant to this subdivision for a period of two years after the date of sale. (6) (A) The junk dealer or recycler obtains a thumbprint of the seller, as prescribed by the Department of Justice. The junk dealer or recycler shall keep this thumbprint with the information obtained under this subdivision and shall preserve the thumbprint in either hardcopy or electronic format for a period of two years after the date of sale. (B) Inspection or seizure of the thumbprint shall only be performed by a peace officer acting within the scope of the peace officerâs authority in response to a criminal search warrant signed by a magistrate and served on the junk dealer or recycler by the peace officer. Probable cause for the issuance of that warrant shall be based upon a theft specifically involving the transaction for which the thumbprint was given. (b) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall not apply if, during any three-month period commencing on or after the effective date of this section, the junk dealer or recycler completes five or more separate transactions per month, on five or
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