[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 27CFR53.141]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 53_MANUFACTURERS EXCISE TAXES_FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart K_Exemptions, Registration, Etc.
 
Sec.  53.141  Exceptions to the requirement for registration.

    (a) State and local governments. (1) A State or local government 
purchasing articles direct from the manufacturer for its exclusive use 
may, but is not required to, register as provided in Sec.  53.140. To 
establish the right to sell articles tax free to a State or local 
government that is not registered, the manufacturer must obtain from an 
authorized official of the State or local government and retain in the 
manufacturer's possession either a properly executed exemption 
certificate, or a purchase order that contains the same information 
required to be furnished in an exemption certificate. See Sec.  
53.135(c) for the information necessary to substantiate a tax-free sale 
under such circumstances.
    (2) Each State requesting registration will be assigned one 
Certificate of Registry. The registration number shown on this 
certificate may be used by all agencies, boards, and commissions of the 
State that are authorized by the State to make purchases for the 
exclusive use of the State. However, the registration number assigned to 
a State may not be used by any political subdivision of that State, such 
as a county or municipality. Each political subdivision of a State 
desiring to obtain a Certificate of Registry must obtain a separate 
registration number.
    (b) Sales or resales to foreign purchasers for export. Persons whose 
principal place of business is not within the United States may, but are 
not required to, register in order to purchase articles tax free for 
export. To establish the right to sell articles tax free for export to a 
purchaser who is not registered and who is located in a foreign country 
or a possession of the United States, the manufacturer must obtain the 
evidence required by Sec.  53.133(b).
    (c) United States. The registration requirements of the regulations 
in this part do not apply to purchases and sales by the United States or 
any of its agencies or instrumentalities. The evidence required in 
support of such tax-free purchases and sales is a notation on the 
purchase order or other document furnished to the seller clearly 
indicating that the article or articles are being purchased tax free as 
authorized by chapter 32 of the Code.
    (d) Supplies for vessels and aircraft. An article subject to an 
excise tax imposed by chapter 32 of the Code may be sold tax free by the 
manufacturer under the provisions of Sec.  53.134 for use by the 
purchaser as supplies for a vessel or aircraft if both the manufacturer 
and the purchaser are registered under the provisions of Sec.  53.140. 
The article also may be sold tax free for such use even though neither 
the manufacturer nor the purchaser is so registered if the provisions of 
paragraph (d) of Sec.  53.134 are satisfied.

[T.D. ATF-308, 56 FR 303, Jan. 3, 1991, as amended by T.D. ATF-312, 56 
FR 31084, July 9, 1991]