For scrap yards and metal recyclers in the US: each purchase is recorded at the scale with the seller's ID, a photo, the material, weight, amount and payment method, catalytic converters with their details, and the records are kept and reported under your state's rules.
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Two-scale yard in Ohio, 90 purchases a day. A seller brings copper wire and two catalytic converters: the clerk scans the driver's license, takes a photo, weighs the copper, enters each converter, and the payment is recorded as a check. At the end of the day the purchase report is ready to submit.
Choose your planNearly every US state has a metal-theft law, and scrap dealers are the businesses those laws are written for. A yard that buys scrap has to keep detailed purchase records: who sold, with which ID, what was sold and how much it weighed, the date, the amount paid and the payment method. Many states add photos, vehicle details, hold periods and limits on paying cash.
Catalytic converters get special attention. Because converter theft has become common, many states ask for more details on every converter purchase and some restrict who may sell them and how they may be paid. A yard that buys converters needs every one of them recorded, not just a weight on a ticket.
The service records the purchase at the scale. The clerk scans or types the seller's ID, takes a photo of the seller and the material, picks the material and enters the weight, and the amount is calculated from the yard's price list. Converters are entered one by one with the details your state requires.
The record follows your state's rules: the fields it asks for, the hold period before material may be sold on, and whether a payment has to be made by check or electronically instead of cash. A purchase that is missing a required field cannot be closed until it is completed, so gaps are found at the counter, not during an inspection.
Records are kept for the period your state requires and can be searched by seller, date, material or converter. When the police ask about a purchase, you find it in seconds and print or export the full record with its photos.
Reports go out the way your local police or state database accepts them: an export in the required format or a daily report ready to upload. The day's purchases are summarised by material, so the yard also sees what came in and what was paid.
The service works in the browser on the scale-house computer or a tablet, nothing to install. Each clerk has a login, and every change to a record is kept with the name of the person who made it.
Getting started takes one day: enter your yard, your state, your price list and your clerks, and record the next morning's purchases in the service. Past paper records stay in your files as they are.
The service is built for independent scrap yards and metal recyclers with one or a few locations. It helps keep the records your state asks for; it does not give legal advice, and the yard remains responsible for complying with its state and local laws. It is in preparation: we are checking whether yards need it.
It depends on the state; most metal-theft laws ask for the seller's ID, the material and weight, the date, the amount paid and the payment method, and many add photos and vehicle details.
Yes, each converter is recorded one by one with the details your state asks for.
Yes, the record fields, hold periods and payment rules follow the state your yard is in.
No. The service keeps records; the yard remains responsible for complying with state and local law.
Not yet. The service is in preparation, and we are checking whether yards need it.