Recent changes to Alabama law establish stricter requirements for SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS.
Act 2012-426* requires SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS (as defined by the law) to:
- Register with the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) within 30 days of Aug. 1, 2012.
- To submit specific sales-related information to a statewide database maintained by the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) beginning January 1, 2013 no later than 9:00 p.m. on the day of a purchase transaction.
If you need to register for a new account:
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For a copy of the law enacted by Alabama Act 2012-426, please visit
the Alabama Secretary of State’s website.
All information reported by secondary metals recyclers pursuant to this section shall be considered to be confidential and privileged
and exempt from disclosure under
Code of Alabama 1975, Section 41-13-1. Any person who intentionally violates the requirements
of this section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense; a Class A Misdemeanor for the second offense; and a
Class C felony for a third or subsequent offense within a ten (10) year period.
We are currently working on interfaces to Scrap Software applications. If you require an interface from your existing scrap application, please e-mail us at scrapsupport@alacop.gov and include the name of your application and if possible, their company’s contact information.
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The Alabama Secondary Metals Recyclers System maintained by the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) will go into production beginning on March 1, 2013.
At this point, secondary metal recyclers will be required to submit the specific sales-related information required by the new law into this online database maintained by ACJIC no later than 9:00 p.m. on the day of the purchase transaction.
As you have already registered with ACJIC, please utilize the USER NAME and PASSWORD created during this process to access the system.
For those Recyclers working with vendor software, we now accept batch uploading of your transactions. Please contact your software vendor for more information.
If you have further questions, you may contact our Support Center by calling 1-800-392-8025.