[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: 27CFR178.31]

[Page 1145-1146]
 
            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. 178.31  Delivery by common or contract carrier.

    (a) No person shall knowingly deliver or cause to be delivered to 
any common or contract carrier for transportation or shipment in 
interstate or foreign commerce to any person other than a licensed 
importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, 
any package or other container in which there is any firearm or 
ammunition without written notice to the carrier that such firearm or 
ammunition is being transported or shipped: Provided, That any passenger 
who owns or legally possesses a firearm or ammunition being transported 
aboard any

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common or contract carrier for movement with the passenger in interstate 
or foreign commerce may deliver said firearm or ammunition into the 
custody of the pilot, captain, conductor or operator of such common or 
contract carrier for the duration of that trip without violating any 
provision of this part.
    (b) No common or contract carrier shall require or cause any label, 
tag, or other written notice to be placed on the outside of any package, 
luggage, or other container indicating that such package, luggage, or 
other container contains a firearm.
    (c) No common or contract carrier shall transport or deliver in 
interstate or foreign commerce any firearm or ammunition with knowledge 
or reasonable cause to believe that the shipment, transportation, or 
receipt thereof would be in violation of any provision of this part: 
Provided, however, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply 
in respect to the transportation of firearms or ammunition in in-bond 
shipment under Customs laws and regulations.
    (d) No common or contract carrier shall knowingly deliver in 
interstate or foreign commerce any firearm without obtaining written 
acknowledgement of receipt from the recipient of the package or other 
container in which there is a firearm: Provided, That this paragraph 
shall not apply with respect to the return of a firearm to a passenger 
who places firearms in the carrier's custody for the duration of the 
trip.

[33 FR 18555, Dec. 14, 1968. Redesignated at 40 FR 16385, Apr. 15, 1975, 
and amended by T.D. ATF-354, 59 FR 7112, Feb. 14, 1994; T.D. ATF-361, 60 
FR 10786, Feb. 27, 1995]