[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: 27CFR479.84]

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            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 F--Transfer Tax
 
Sec. 479.84  Application to transfer.

    Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, no firearm may be 
transferred in the United States unless an application, Form 4 
(Firearms), Application for Transfer and Registration of Firearm, in 
duplicate, executed under the penalties of perjury to transfer the 
firearm and register it to the transferee has been filed with and 
approved by the Director. The application, Form 4 (Firearms), shall be 
filed by the transferor and shall identify the firearm to be transferred 
by type; serial number; name and address of the manufacturer and 
importer, if known; model; caliber, gauge or size; in the case of a 
short-barreled shotgun or a short-barreled rifle, the length of the 
barrel; in the case of a weapon made from a rifle or shotgun, the 
overall length of the weapon and the length of the barrel; and any other 
identifying marks on the firearm. In the event the firearm does not bear 
a serial number, the applicant shall obtain a serial number from the 
Regional director (compliance) and shall stamp (impress) or otherwise 
conspicuously place such serial number on the firearm in a manner not 
susceptible of being readily obliterated, altered or removed. The 
application, Form 4 (Firearms), shall identify the transferor by name 
and address; shall identify the transferor's Federal firearms license 
and special (occupational) Chapter tax stamp, if any; and if the 
transferor is other than a natural person, shall show the title or 
status of the person executing the application. The application also 
shall identify the transferee by name and address, and, if the 
transferee is a natural person not qualified as a manufacturer, importer 
or dealer under this part, he shall be further identified in the manner 
prescribed in Sec. 479.85. The application also

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shall identify the special (occupational) tax stamp and Federal firearms 
license of the transferee, if any. Any tax payable on the transfer must 
be represented by an adhesive stamp of proper denomination being affixed 
to the application, Form 4 (Firearms), properly cancelled.

[36 FR 14256, Aug. 3, 1971. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, 
and amended by T.D. ATF-241, 51 FR 39632, Oct. 29, 1986 T.D. ATF-270, 53 
FR 10509, Mar. 31, 1988]