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    Wow that sucks. Government Beaurocracy at its worst right there, no wonder why Detroit is the way it is.

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    The police are the ones required to enforce to the laws but we need to look up the line to the city or county commissioners, mayor, etc....they are the ones who pass the regs. Wouldn't hurt to put in a call or write a letter voicing your disapproval of the ridiculous and burdensome regulations they place on business.

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    Let Me see if I have this correct ?
    Detroit scrappers Lic. $ 50.00
    Vehicle inspection by the police $ 25.00
    Vehicle plate and a matching button to wear $ 20.00
    Surety Bond ( Estimated Average cost ) $ 200.00 ( Guaranteed that will go up do to High Risk when They realize they have a captured market . )
    Would the State of Michigan moving to Take Over Detroit to save them from there threat of Insolvency have anything to do with it ?
    Detroit faces state takeover threat - Apr. 4, 2012

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    Quote Originally Posted by KeyCityRecycling View Post
    Here is the official procedure for obtaining a junk dealers license in the city of Detroit.

    Junk License Procedure

    • Obtain a Surety Bond (for the value of $2000) from an insurance or bonding agency.
    • Have the agency call us at 224-3179 to have our bonding form emailed to them. Note: the agency must print the form on legal size paper.
      This form must be completely filled out.
    • Bring the Surety Bond form to CAYMC Rm 105 Business License Center.
    • You will be sent to the Law Department (First National Bldg Rm 1650) for law department approval.
    • After Law Dept approval, return to the Business License Center for license $50 cash and a valid drivers license.

      You will be sent to the Police Department for vehicle inspection, $25.
      The button will cost $20.
      Inspection questions call (313) 596-5584



    Here is a better explanation from one of the local yards. 2012 Detroit Junk License Procedure


    Or you could drive your happy @$$ outta Detroit & patronize a neighboring city's scrap yards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by auminer View Post
    Or you could drive your happy @$$ outta Detroit & patronize a neighboring city's scrap yards.

    Sometimes pictures really do say 1000 words. Here's a 2000 word essay on The D.
    Hey auminer, normally I take my scrap to suburbia, but this yard was a mile and a half (versus 22 miles) from the school we were cleaning out, I didn't know about the licensing requirement, and we had sixteen loads of scrap. The job paid me over 8 grand (yes, we were PAID to remove everything AND we got to keep the scrap) so all in all it was a nice score. Had we gone anywhere else the gendarmes would never have known we were hauling scrap. One of the reasons I love enclosed trucks.
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    you need a license to keep junk out of detroits land fill, what is this world commin to when u cant scrap for extra cash with out lawmakers in your pocket.

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    when you were a child, they were called peace officers. Today they are called enfgorcement officers. think about it.

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    Lets start a thread about whether we like or dislike the police..think about it..ok i will..off topic

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    Okay, I'm a little calmer now. Thirsty, to you and the others on the forum in law enforcement, I apologize for painting you all with a broad brush. My frustration was with the officer involved, not you.

    But my frustration with the situation has not subsided. After the incident I had a conversation with the yard owner. It turns out that if I go to fight the ticket and I bring my LLC papers, they will throw the ticket out. The law apparently is for catching tweakers and thieves, not honest business people. Which still begs the question, why did the officer write a ticket when I have my logo and phone number signage all over my trucks? The simple answer is revenue generation. They hope I'll just pay.

    So I've since done a little research and discovered that most of the communities in which I do business have some sort of similar licensing requirements on the books. To the tune of a total cost that equals driving me out of business. Seems that if there is a licensing requirement it ough to be state-wide. I can't drive 3 miles around here without entering a different jurisdiction.

    My solution is to ignore licensing requirements for now. In two years of business this is the first time I've had a problem. I've had a number of conversations with cops in other jurisdictions without any issues, so much like those who do curbside shopping I do my best to play nice however I can.

    I stand by my statement though that encounters with law enforcement rarely leave one unscathed and are to be avoided as much as possible.

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    Oh by the way...

    Apparently there is a time for all the tweakers to arrive. We went back to the same yard several times that day.

    (I had a conversation with the cop and ASKED him if we'd get another ticket if we returned. He assured me that HE would not give a second same-day ticket, there was no way I was driving 22 miles each way with ten loads of scrap. Did I mention it was a VERY nice job?)

    Anyway about 4:15 in pull a dozen crappy pickup trucks full of copper pipe, hot water heaters, furnaces and driven by characters none of you would allow to date your daughters.

    Not a cop in sight.

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    The link posted earlier in this thread is to our website. We are a yard on the East Side of Detroit and we constantly have police outside of our yard, and even pulling in the yard to write tickets to people without junk licenses. They've written tickets to people driving vehicles with heating and cooling logos, plumbing logos, and even REO companies.

    If you get a scrap license before your court date, the ticket will definitely get thrown out. I can't speak to whether or not it will be thrown out by showing your LLC papers, but that would make sense.

    Scrap yards are not required to buy material from only licensed scrapper's. The program was originally designed to give the police an easy way to question people they saw picking up stuff in alleys or curbsides, but many officer's have decided it is just easier to set up shop at the yards.

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    I feel ya Burly. No insult taken at all, trust me. If you come to NY, well have to meet up and have a couple bottled waters together. I would say beers but we would probably end up in a fist fight over who gets to scrap out the aluminum cans for $$$$$, lol. Be safe out there buddy, it sounds like a zoo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SikoraMetals View Post
    The link posted earlier in this thread is to our website. We are a yard on the East Side of Detroit and we constantly have police outside of our yard, and even pulling in the yard to write tickets to people without junk licenses. They've written tickets to people driving vehicles with heating and cooling logos, plumbing logos, and even REO companies.
    Hate to say it, but you just talked me out of bringing my scrap metal to you. I'm just a low-volume guy in Sterling Heights and it's no huge loss for you, but the ticket would probably wipe me out, and I'm not about to pay anything to the City of Detroit for the privilege of curb shopping. Guess I'll be sticking with Admiral.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ggariepy View Post
    Hate to say it, but you just talked me out of bringing my scrap metal to you. I'm just a low-volume guy in Sterling Heights and it's no huge loss for you, but the ticket would probably wipe me out, and I'm not about to pay anything to the City of Detroit for the privilege of curb shopping. Guess I'll be sticking with Admiral.
    Sorry to hear that, but it's understandable. This is not just our problem, but every yard within the city limits has the same problem. It has gotten a lot better the last few months, but there is still a risk when you drive through the city of detroit with a load of scrap and no junk license.

    "Constantly" might have been overstating it a bit I guess, we typically see the police once a week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ggariepy View Post
    Hate to say it, but you just talked me out of bringing my scrap metal to you. I'm just a low-volume guy in Sterling Heights and it's no huge loss for you, but the ticket would probably wipe me out, and I'm not about to pay anything to the City of Detroit for the privilege of curb shopping. Guess I'll be sticking with Admiral.
    Admiral is a great company and I use them a lot.

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    Not being able to keep up with laws works both ways. I have called the Denver Police Dept. on numerous occasions to ask about the legality of different issues (metal detecting public property, drinking alcohol in parks etc.). It seems every time I call I receive a different answer from a different person. This is frustrating, but not nearly as frustrating as looking up the laws and not being able to ascertain what they mean because it is written in jargon and legalese.

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    This is the problem when every municipality has the right to issue a "license". Here in Sterling Heights, MI, they've just granted an exclusive "curbside recycling" license to Waste Management, a big trash hauling corporation. The service is designed to be a subscribers-only deal; residents have to pay $60/year to have their stuff picked up once every two weeks in a Waste Management-provided 96 gallon container. Supposedly they have to have 5,000 subscribers sign up to make a go of it, and thus far they haven't gotten half that number. I'm actually keeping my fingers crossed they don't, since there is a LOT of good picking to be had around here right now.

    So if in Sterling Heights, you must have a license to curb-shop, and there's only one license in the entire town. It's bullpuckey if you ask me.

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    Okay, so just so everyone isn't still sitting with bated breath wondering what happened:

    I went to my initial court date and talked to the public defender stationed in the courtroom. She laughed when I told her I was under the impression the ticket would be dismissed. She said derisively: "Well, did you DO it?". When I told her I thought the law was to stop thievery and not honest businessmen she basically told me it's all about the money.

    Then I looked at the form they required me to sign which stated I was being ticketed for a misdemeanor, which carried a maximum penalty of $500.00 and up to 90 DAYS IN JAIL! Went back to the defender asking about bringing representation and she advised me to do so.

    Hired my attorney. $500 EACH to defend the tickets given to me and my driver of the second truck. So now I'm out a grand.

    Got court date set up for today, which I went with attorney. Turns out he was able to work a plea deal, I plead guilty and pay a fine of $150, and if I keep my nose clean for 90 days it is dismissed and expunged. Nothing on my record.

    I'm not sure he was worth the money since I still had to pay, but who knows, without him I might've gone to jail.

    Detroit can kiss my tailpipe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BurlyGuys View Post
    Okay, so just so everyone isn't still sitting with bated breath wondering what happened:

    I went to my initial court date and talked to the public defender stationed in the courtroom. She laughed when I told her I was under the impression the ticket would be dismissed. She said derisively: "Well, did you DO it?". When I told her I thought the law was to stop thievery and not honest businessmen she basically told me it's all about the money.

    Then I looked at the form they required me to sign which stated I was being ticketed for a misdemeanor, which carried a maximum penalty of $500.00 and up to 90 DAYS IN JAIL! Went back to the defender asking about bringing representation and she advised me to do so.

    Hired my attorney. $500 EACH to defend the tickets given to me and my driver of the second truck. So now I'm out a grand.

    Got court date set up for today, which I went with attorney. Turns out he was able to work a plea deal, I plead guilty and pay a fine of $150, and if I keep my nose clean for 90 days it is dismissed and expunged. Nothing on my record.

    I'm not sure he was worth the money since I still had to pay, but who knows, without him I might've gone to jail.

    Detroit can kiss my tailpipe.
    Digusting how the "justice" system works

    You freakin plead guilty and fealt like you were doing a good thing, gov still got there money and now a lawyer did too.

    Stupid corrupt system

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    Quote Originally Posted by landmine View Post
    Digusting how the "justice" system works

    You freakin plead guilty and fealt like you were doing a good thing, gov still got there money and now a lawyer did too.

    Stupid corrupt system
    Lmao that is so freakin true, and sorry BRASSCATCHER you are very right there are douchebags in every profession though it just seems the nice cops are the ones that are your neighbors lol

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