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FEDERAL · 27 CFR

Part 478 — Commerce in Firearms and Ammunition

111 sections · Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms

§ 478.1Scope of regulations.
§ 478.2Relation to other provisions of law.
§ 478.11Meaning of terms.
§ 478.12Definition of Frame or Receiver.
§ 478.13of “engaged in the business as a dealer in firearms other than a gunsmith or a pawnbroker.”
§ 478.21Forms prescribed.
§ 478.22Alternate methods or procedures; emergency variations from requirements.
§ 478.23Right of entry and examination.
§ 478.24Compilation of State laws and published ordinances.
§ 478.25Disclosure of information.
§ 478.25aResponses to requests for information.
§ 478.26Curio and relic determination.
§ 478.27Destructive device determination.
§ 478.28Transportation of destructive devices and certain firearms.
§ 478.29Out-of-State acquisition of firearms by nonlicensees.
§ 478.29aAcquisition of firearms by nonresidents.
§ 478.30Out-of-State disposition of firearms by nonlicensees.
§ 478.31Delivery by common or contract carrier.
§ 478.32Prohibited shipment, transportation, possession, purchase, or receipt of firearms and ammunition by certain persons.
§ 478.33Stolen firearms and ammunition.
§ 478.33aTheft of firearms.
§ 478.34Removed, obliterated, or altered serial number.
§ 478.35Skeet, trap, target, and similar shooting activities.
§ 478.36Transfer or possession of machine guns.
§ 478.37Manufacture, importation and sale of armor piercing ammunition.
§ 478.38Transportation of firearms.
§ 478.39Assembly of semiautomatic rifles or shotguns.
§ 478.39aReporting theft or loss of firearms.
§ 478.40§ 478.40 [Reserved]
§ 478.41General.
§ 478.42License fees.
§ 478.43License fee not refundable.
§ 478.44Original license.
§ 478.45Renewal of license.
§ 478.46Insufficient fee.
§ 478.47Issuance of license.
§ 478.48Correction of error on license.
§ 478.49Duration of license.
§ 478.50Locations covered by license.
§ 478.51License not transferable.
§ 478.52Change of address.
§ 478.53Change in trade name.
§ 478.54Change of control.
§ 478.55Continuing partnerships.
§ 478.56Right of succession by certain persons.
§ 478.57Discontinuance of business.
§ 478.58State or other law.
§ 478.59Abandoned application.
§ 478.60Certain continuances of business.
§ 478.71Denial of an application for license.
§ 478.72Hearing after application denial.
§ 478.73Notice of revocation, suspension, or imposition of civil fine.
§ 478.74Request for hearing after notice of suspension, revocation, or imposition of civil fine.
§ 478.75Service on applicant or licensee.
§ 478.76Representation at a hearing.
§ 478.77Designated place of hearing.
§ 478.78Operations by licensee after notice.
§ 478.91Posting of license.
§ 478.92Identification of firearms and armor piercing ammunition by licensed manufacturers and licensed importers.
§ 478.93Authorized operations by a licensed collector.
§ 478.94Sales or deliveries between licensees.
§ 478.95Certified copy of license.
§ 478.96Out-of-State and mail order sales.
§ 478.97Loan or rental of firearms.
§ 478.98Sales or deliveries of destructive devices and certain firearms.
§ 478.99Certain prohibited sales, purchases, or deliveries.
§ 478.100Conduct of business away from licensed premises.
§ 478.101Record of transactions.
§ 478.102Sales or deliveries of firearms on and after November 30, 1998.
§ 478.103Posting of signs and written notification to purchasers of handguns.
§ 478.104Secure gun storage or safety device.
§ 478.111General.
§ 478.112Importation by a licensed importer.
§ 478.113Importation by other licensees.
§ 478.113aImportation of firearm barrels by nonlicensees.
§ 478.114Importation by members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
§ 478.115Exempt importation.
§ 478.116Conditional importation.
§ 478.117Function outside a customs territory.
§ 478.118Importation of certain firearms classified as curios or relics.
§ 478.119§ 478.119 [Reserved]
§ 478.120Firearms or ammunition imported by or for a nonimmigrant alien.
§ 478.121General.
§ 478.122Records maintained by importers.
§ 478.123Records maintained by manufacturers.
§ 478.124Firearms transaction record.
§ 478.125Record of receipt and disposition.
§ 478.125aPersonal firearms collection.
§ 478.126Furnishing transaction information.
§ 478.126aReporting multiple sales or other disposition of pistols and revolvers.
§ 478.127Discontinuance of business.
§ 478.128False statement or representation.
§ 478.129Record retention.
§ 478.131Firearms transactions not subject to a NICS check.
§ 478.132§ 478.132 [Reserved]
§ 478.133Records of transactions in semiautomatic assault weapons.
§ 478.134Sale of firearms to law enforcement officers.
§ 478.141General.
§ 478.142Effect of pardons and expunctions of convictions.
§ 478.143Relief from disabilities incurred by indictment.
§ 478.144§ 478.144 [Reserved]
§ 478.145Research organizations.
§ 478.146Deliveries by mail to certain persons.
§ 478.147Return of firearm.
§ 478.148Armor piercing ammunition intended for sporting or industrial purposes.
§ 478.149Armor piercing ammunition manufactured or imported for the purpose of testing or experimentation.
§ 478.150Alternative to NICS in certain geographical locations.
§ 478.151Semiautomatic rifles or shotguns for testing or experimentation.
§ 478.152Seizure and forfeiture.
§ 478.153§ 478.153 [Reserved]
§ 478.171Exportation.