27 CFR 478.121 Records - General

§ 478.121

27 CFR Ch. II (4–1–20 Edition)
(d) For recordkeeping requirements
for sales by licensees at gun shows see
§ 478.100(c).

Form 6 is needed to bring the firearms
or ammunition into the United States.
(Approved by the Office of Management and
Budget under control number 1140–0060)

(Information collection requirements in
paragraph (a) approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number
1140–0020; information collection requirements in paragraphs (b) and (c) approved by
the Office of Management and Budget under
control number 1140–0032)

[ATF–24F, 77 FR 33629, June 7, 2012]

Subpart H—Records
§ 478.121

General.

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(a) The records pertaining to firearms transactions prescribed by this
part shall be retained on the licensed
premises in the manner prescribed by
this subpart and for the length of time
prescribed by § 478.129. The records pertaining to ammunition prescribed by
this part shall be retained on the licensed premises in the manner prescribed by § 478.125.
(b) ATF officers may, for the purposes and under the conditions prescribed in § 478.23, enter the premises of
any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed
collector for the purpose of examining
or inspecting any record or document
required by or obtained under this
part. Section 923(g) of the Act requires
licensed importers, licensed manufacturers, licensed dealers, and licensed
collectors to make such records available for such examination or inspection
during business hours or, in the case of
licensed collectors, hours of operation,
as provided in § 478.23.
(c) Each licensed importer, licensed
manufacturer, licensed dealer, and licensed collector shall maintain such
records of importation, production,
shipment, receipt, sale, or other disposition, whether temporary or permanent, of firearms and such records of
the disposition of ammunition as the
regulations contained in this part prescribe. Section 922(m) of the Act makes
it unlawful for any licensed importer,
licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer,
or licensed collector knowingly to
make any false entry in, to fail to
make appropriate entry in, or to fail to
properly maintain any such record.

[33 FR 18555, Dec. 14, 1968. Redesignated at 40
FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and amended by T.D.
ATF–191, 49 FR 46891, Nov. 29, 1984; T.D.
ATF–208, 50 FR 26703, June 28, 1985; T.D.
ATF–270, 53 FR 10501, Mar. 31, 1988; ATF–11F,
73 FR 57241, Oct. 2, 2008]

§ 478.122 Records maintained by importers.
(a) Each licensed importer shall,
within 15 days of the date of importation or other acquisition, record the
type, model, caliber or gauge, manufacturer, country of manufacture, and the
serial number of each firearm imported
or otherwise acquired, and the date
such importation or other acquisition
was made.
(b) A record of firearms disposed of
by a licensed importer to another licensee and a separate record of armor
piercing ammunition dispositions to
governmental entities, for exportation,
or for testing or experimentation authorized under the provisions of
§ 478.149 shall be maintained by the licensed importer on the licensed premises. For firearms, the record shall
show the quantity, type, manufacturer,
country of manufacture, caliber or
gauge, model, serial number of the firearms so transferred, the name and license number of the licensee to whom
the firearms were transferred, and the
date of the transaction. For armor
piercing ammunition, the record shall
show the date of the transaction, manufacturer, caliber or gauge, quantity of
projectiles, and the name and address
of the purchaser. The information required by this paragraph shall be entered in the proper record book not
later than the seventh day following
the date of the transaction, and such
information shall be recorded under
the following formats:

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