[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR178.25a]

[Page 1143-1144]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 178--COMMERCE IN FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart C--Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 178.25a  Responses to requests for information.

    Each licensee shall respond immediately to, and in no event later 
than 24 hours after the receipt of, a request by an ATF officer at the 
National

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Tracing Center for information contained in the records required to be 
kept by this part for determining the disposition of one or more 
firearms in the course of a bona fide criminal investigation. The 
requested information shall be provided orally to the ATF officer within 
the 24-hour period. Verification of the identity and employment of 
National Tracing Center personnel requesting information may be 
established at the time the requested information is provided by 
telephoning the toll-free number 1-800-788-7132 or using the toll-free 
facsimile (FAX) number 1-800-578-7223.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1512-0387)

[T.D. ATF-363, 60 FR 17451, Apr. 6, 1996, as amended by T.D. ATF-396, 63 
FR 12646, Mar. 16, 1998]