(1) the suspect transports metal property on a public highway or on premises open to the public with the intent to deliver it to a scrap metal business & doesn't have a metal transportation certificate in their possession

(2) a seller or transferor of metal property having reason to believe that a buyer or transferee intends to obtain the metal property for delivery to a scrap metal business will provide them with a metal transportation certificate

(3) a metal transportation certificate must include:

(a) the date the metal property was acquired & the amount & type of metal property that the person is transporting

(b) the location where the metal property was loaded & the destination of the metal property

(c) the name, address & telephone number of the seller or the transferor

(d) the signature of the seller or transferor or their authorized agent AND

(e) the name, address and telephone number of the person transporting the metal property

(4) the Department of State Police will create a form that may serve as a metal transportation certificate and will make the form available on the department's website

(5) it's a defense to a charge under this statute that the person transporting the metal property is the property owner or an agent or employee of the property owner