[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR555.121]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
   CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, 
                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 555_COMMERCE IN EXPLOSIVES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart G_Records and Reports
 
Sec. 555.121  General.


    (a)(1) Licensees and permittees shall keep records pertaining to 
explosive materials in permanent form (i.e., commercial invoices, record 
books) and in the manner required in this subpart.
    (2) Licensees and permittees shall keep records required by this 
part on the business premises for five years from the date a transaction 
occurs or until discontinuance of business or operations by the licensee 
or permittee. (See also Sec. 555.128 for discontinuance of business or 
operations.)
    (b) ATF officers may enter the premises of any licensee or holder of 
a user permit for the purpose of examining or inspecting any record or 
document required by or obtained under this part (see Sec. 555.24). 
Section 843(f) of the Act requires licensees and holders of user permits 
to make all required records available for examination or inspection at 
all reasonable times. Section 843(f) of the Act also requires licensees 
and permittees (including holders of limited permits) to submit all 
reports and information relating to all required records and their 
contents, as the regulations in this part prescribe.
    (c) Each licensee and permittee shall maintain all records of 
importation, production, shipment, receipt, sale, or other disposition, 
whether temporary or permanent, of explosive materials as the 
regulations in this part prescribe. Sections 842(f) and 842(g) of the 
Act make it unlawful for any licensee or permittee knowingly to make any 
false entry in, or fail to make entry in, any record required to be kept 
under the Act and the regulations in this part.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1512-0373)

[T.D. ATF-87, 46 FR 40384, Aug. 7, 1981, as amended by T.D. ATF-172, 49 
FR 14941, Apr. 16, 1984; ATF No. 1, 68 FR 13790, Mar. 20, 2003]

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