N.Y. GBS Law § 62

§ 62. Statement required from persons selling certain property. On\npurchasing any pig or pigs of metal, bronze or brass castings or parts\nthereof, sprues or gates or parts thereof, copper wire or brass car\njournals, or metal beer kegs, such junk dealer shall cause to be\nsubscribed by the person from whom purchased a statement as to when,\nwhere and from whom he or she obtained such property, also his or her\nidentity as verified by a government issued identification card, age,\nresidence by city, village or town, and the street and number thereof,\nif any, the driver's license number or information from a government\nissued identification card, if any, of such person, and otherwise such\ndescription as will reasonably locate the same, his or her occupation\nand name of his or her employer and place of employment or business,\nwhich statement the junk dealer shall forthwith file in the office of\nthe chief of police of the city or village in which the purchase was\nmade, if made in a city or incorporated village, and otherwise in the\noffice of the sheriff of the county in which made. The junk metal dealer\nshall also make and retain a copy of the government issued photographic\nidentification card used to verify the identity of the person from whom\nthe junk metal was purchased and shall retain this copy in a separate\nbook or register for two years from the date of purchase of the junk\nmetal and include an additional copy of this identification with the\ninformation required to be transmitted to the chief of police or sheriff\npursuant to this section.\n