27 Cfr 479.104

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 27CFR479.104]

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TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS

CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

PART 479_MACHINE GUNS, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND CERTAIN OTHER
FIREARMS--Table of Contents

Subpart G_Registration and Identification of Firearms

Sec. 479.104 Registration of firearms by certain governmental entities.

Any State, any political subdivision thereof, or any official police
organization of such a government entity engaged in criminal
investigations, which acquires for official use a firearm not registered
to it, such as by abandonment or by forfeiture, will register such
firearm with the Director by filing Form 10 (Firearms), Registration of
Firearms Acquired by Certain Governmental Entities, and such
registration shall become a part of the National Firearms Registration
and Transfer Record. The application shall identify the applicant,
describe each firearm covered by the application, show the location
where each firearm usually

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will be kept, and, if the firearm is unserviceable, the application
shall show how the firearm was made unserviceable. This section shall
not apply to a firearm merely being held for use as evidence in a
criminal proceeding. The Form 10 (Firearms) shall be executed in
duplicate in accordance with the instructions thereon. Upon registering
the firearm, the Director shall return the original Form 10 (Firearms)
to the registrant with notification thereon that registration of the
firearm has been made. The registration of any firearm under this
section is for official use only and a subsequent transfer will be
approved only to other governmental entities for official use.

[36 FR 14256, Aug. 3, 1971. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975,
and amended by T.D. ATF-241, 51 FR 39633, Oct. 29, 1986; T.D. ATF-270,
53 FR 10510, Mar. 31, 1988]

Machine Guns