[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR478.25a]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
   CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, 
                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 478--COMMERCE IN FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart C--Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 478.25a  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

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by an ATF officer at the National 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]