[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: 27CFR479.63]

[Page 182-183]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
   CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, 
                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 479--MACHINE GUNS, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND CERTAIN OTHER FIREARMS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart E--Tax on Making Firearms
 
Sec. 479.63  Identification of applicant.

    If the applicant is an individual, the applicant shall securely 
attach to each copy of the Form 1 (Firearms), in the space provided on 
the form, a photograph of the applicant 2 x 2 inches in size, clearly 
showing a full front view of the features of the applicant with head 
bare, with the distance from the top of the head to the point of the 
chin approximately 1\1/4\ inches, and which shall have been taken within 
1 year prior to the date of the application. The applicant shall attach 
two properly completed FBI Forms FD-258 (Fingerprint Card) to the 
application. The

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fingerprints must be clear for accurate classification and should be 
taken by someone properly equipped to take them. A certificate of the 
local chief of police, sheriff of the county, head of the State police, 
State or local district attorney or prosecutor, or such other person 
whose certificate may in a particular case be acceptable to the 
Director, shall be completed on each copy of the Form 1 (Firearms). The 
certificate shall state that the certifying official is satisfied that 
the fingerprints and photograph accompanying the application are those 
of the applicant and that the certifying official has no information 
indicating that possession of the firearm by the maker would be in 
violation of State or local law or that the maker will use the firearm 
for other than lawful purposes.

[T.D. ATF-270, 53 FR 10509, Mar. 31, 1988]