[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: 27CFR178.29]

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            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. 178.29  Out-of-State acquisition of firearms by nonlicensees.

    No person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, 
licensed dealer, or licensed collector, shall transport into or receive 
in the State where the person resides (or if a corporation or other 
business entity, where it maintains a place of business) any firearm 
purchased or otherwise obtained by such person outside that State: 
Provided, That the provisions of this section:
    (a) Shall not preclude any person who lawfully acquires a firearm by 
bequest or intestate succession in a State other than his State of 
residence from transporting the firearm into or receiving it in that 
State, if it is lawful for such person to purchase or possess such 
firearm in that State,
    (b) Shall not apply to the transportation or receipt of a rifle or 
shotgun obtained from a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, 
licensed dealer, or licensed collector in a State other than the 
transferee's State of residence in an over-the-counter transaction at 
the licensee's premises obtained in conformity with the provisions of 
Sec. 178.96(c) and
    (c) Shall not apply to the transportation or receipt of a firearm 
obtained in conformity with the provisions of Secs. 178.30 and 178.97.

[T.D. ATF-270, 53 FR 10493, Mar. 31, 1988]