[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
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 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]