Form F 10 F 10 Application for Registration of Firearms Acquired by Cer

OMB No. 1140-0016 (06/30/2008)

U.S Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Application for Registration of Firearms
Acquired by Certain Governmental Entities

(Submit in duplicate) Please read instructions on reverse carefully before completing this form
TO: National Firearms Act Branch, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 244 Needy Road, Martinsburg, WV 25405
The undersigned hereby makes application to register to the governmental entity identified in this
application the firearm described below.
27 CFR 479.104 Provides for limited
registration of otherwise unregistrable
1. Name and Complete Address (Including ZIP code) of Department or Agency making
firearms by certain governmental entities, for
Application to Register Firearm
official use only. If this application is
approved, it is with the condition that the
firearm is for "OFFICIAL USE ONLY."
2. Telephone Number (Include Area Code)

3. Description of Firearm (Complete items (a) through (h).)
Name and Address of
Type of Firearm
Manufacturer and/or Importer
(See Definitions)
of Firearm
b

a

(Check One)
Caliber
Gauge
Size
c

Length (Inches)
Model
d

of
Barrel
e

OverAll
f

Serial Number
(See Instruction 1)
g

h. Additional Description (Include all numbers on firearm, and location of each number. If firearm is unserviceable, describe how it was made
unserviceable.)

4. Location where firearm is usually kept

5. From whom was firearm received? (Optional response - This information may assist ATF in removing records relating to previous registrations
of this firearm.)
I CERTIFY THAT the above described firearm is for OFFICIAL USE ONLY and that I have examined this application and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct and complete.
6. Signature of Authorized Official (See Instruction 1)

7. Print Name and Title of Authorized Official

8. Date

Space below is for use by the Bureau of ATF - Please do not write below
By authority of the Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this application has been examined and the registration of the
described firearm to the government entity described above is:
Approved for Official Use

Remarks:

Disapproved

Authorized ATF Official

Date
ATF Form 10 (5320.10)
Revised December 2005

Special Notice
1. If a firearm is registered to the person from whom you obtained it, that
person may submit ATF Form 5 for the tax exempt transfer of the
firearm to you, in lieu of your submission of ATF Form 10. If the
transfer is approved, the restriction on further transfer of the firearm
which applies to firearms registered on ATF Form 10 would not
apply.

and Transfer Record. Registration of such firearms has been required
since passage of the original National Firearms Act in 1934. On April
15, 1971, the Supreme Court decided in the matter of U.S. vs. Freed, et
al., and noted that, "only possessors who lawfully make, manufacture, or
import firearms can and must register them." However, in order to assist
law enforcement agencies, while curtailing the flow of "gangster type"
weapons into interstate commerce, the cited regulation was promulgated
to permit the limited registration of firearms by governmental entities for
official use only. When registration of a firearm on this form by a
governmental entity is approved, the Bureau will approve subsequent
transfer of such firearm to another qualified governmental entity only, for
official use. Otherwise, such firearm must be destroyed or abandoned to
ATF.

2. Title 27 CFR 479.104 provides that any state, any political subdivision thereof, or any official police organization of such a governmental entity engaged in criminal investigations which acquires for official
use a National Firearms Act weapon not registered to it, such as by
abandonment or by forfeiture, will register such firearm with the
Director by filing ATF Form 10, Application for Registration of
Firearms Acquired by Certain Governmental Entities, and that such
registration shall become a part of the National Firearms Registration
Instructions

assigned and placed on the frame or receiver of the firearm prior to the
submission of the form.

1. Preparation of this form.
a. This form must be submitted in duplicate. Photostatic copies of
this form are not acceptable.
b. More than one firearm may be listed on each form or an attachment
listing may be used.
c. It is preferred that the original and carbon copy by typed,
although pen and ink entries are acceptable.
d. The signature on each copy must be in ink. Pencilled,
photostatic, or facsimile signatures are not acceptable.
e. Serial Number - If the firearm being registered does not bear a
serial number, please contact the nearest Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives office to have an ATF serial number

3. Firearms Held for Use as Evidence - Firearms being held for use as
evidence in a criminal proceeding need not be registered if they are
to be destroyed or abandoned to ATF when no longer needed as
evidence.
Definitions

The following types of firearms, whether serviceable or unserviceable,
fall within the purview of the National Firearms Act and must be
registered to the possessor to be lawfully possessed:
1. Short-barreled shotgun - Shotguns with barrels less than 18 inches
long or any weapon made from a shotgun having an overall length of
less than 26 inches or a barrel less than 18 inches in length.
2. Short-barreled rifle - Rifles with barrels less then 16 inches long or
any weapon made from a rifle having an overall length of less than 26
inches or a barrel less than 16 inches in length.
3. Any other weapon - A weapon, except a conventional pistol
or revolver having a rifled bore, capable of firing a shot and being
concealed on the person. Examples include: "pen" guns ostensibly
designed to expel tear gas but which fire fixed ammunition, H & R
Handy Guns; Ithaca Auto-Burglar guns; cane guns; and gadget-type
firearms.

2. Disposition of this form - The applicant will forward the original and
one copy of the form to the National Firearms Act Branch, Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 244 Needy Road,
Martinsburg, WV 25405, (304) 616-4500. ATF will return the
original form, showing approval or disapproval, to the applicant.
Approval authorized by the ATF will effect the registration of the
firearm to the governmental entity. The approved form must be
retained with the permanent records of the entity. Subsequent transfer
of the firearm will be approved to another qualified governmental
entity only.

4. Machinegun - Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can
be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without
manual reloading, by single function of the trigger. The term also
includes the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any combination
of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a
machinegun, and any combination of parts from which a machinegun
can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the
control of a person.
5. Destructive device - Destructive devices include explosive, incendiary
including so called "molotov cocktails" or poison gas bombs,
grenades, rockets, missiles, mines, and similar devices. Included in
this category are anti-tank guns, bazookas and mortars and other
military type weapons with a bore of more than one-half inch
diameter, other than a sporting shotgun or shotgun ammunition.
6. Muffler or silencer - A device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing
the report of any firearm whether or not such a firearm is included
within this listing.

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice
This form meets the clearance requirements of the paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information you provide is used to properly identify the registrant
and the firearms to be registered. The form when approved, registers the firearm to the law enforcement agency. The furnishing of this information is
mandatory (26 U.S.C. 5853a).
The estimated average burden associated with this collection of information is .5 hour(s) per respondent or recordkeeper, depending on individual circumstances. Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestion for reducing this burden should be addressed to Reports Management
Officer, Document Services, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Washington, DC 20226. Confidentiality is not assured.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
ATF Form 10 (5320.10)
Revised December 2005