[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: 27CFR178.52]

[Page 1156-1157]
 
            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 D--Licenses
 
Sec. 178.52  Change of address.

    (a) Licensees may during the term of their current license remove 
their business or activity to a new location at which they intend 
regularly to carry on such business or activity by filing an Application 
for an Amended Federal Firearms License, ATF Form 5300.38, in duplicate, 
not less than 30 days prior to such removal with the Chief, National 
Licensing Center. The ATF Form 5300.38 shall be completed in accordance 
with the instructions on the form. The application must be executed 
under the penalties of perjury and penalties imposed by 18 U.S.C. 924. 
The application shall be accompanied by the licensee's original license. 
The Chief, National Licensing Center, may, in writing, require the 
applicant for an amended license to also file completed

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ATF Form 7 or ATF Form 7CR, or portions thereof, in the manner required 
by Sec. 178.44.
    (b) Upon receipt of a properly executed application for an amended 
license, the Chief, National Licensing Center, shall, upon finding 
through further inquiry or investigation, or otherwise, that the 
applicant is qualified at the new location, issue the amended license, 
and return it to the applicant. The license shall be valid for the 
remainder of the term of the original license. The Chief, National 
Licensing Center, shall, if the applicant is not qualified, refer the 
application for amended license to the Director of Industry Operations 
for denial in accordance with Sec. 178.71.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1512-0525)

[T.D. ATF-363, 60 FR 17453, Apr. 6, 1995]