Thieves have stripped the copper wiring from a house that was under construction in Sioux Falls.

Police estimated the value of the copper at $2,000.  The rising cost of copper is attractive to thieves.  This year's South Dakota Legislature passed a law that's intended to help cops catch people who steal copper and other metals.

The law requires scrap metal businesses to keep records each time they buy more than $100 worth of copper, brass, aluminum, bronze, platinum, nickel and other metals.  Those records must include the date of purchases, and the names, addresses and signatures of sellers.