[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: 27CFR555.50]

[Page 134-135]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND FIREARMS
 
   CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, 
                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 555_COMMERCE IN EXPLOSIVES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D_Licenses and Permits
 
Sec.  555.50  Correction of error on license or permit.

    (a) Upon receipt of a license or permit issued under this part, each 
licensee or permittee shall examine the license or permit to insure that 
the information on it is accurate. If the license or permit is 
incorrect, the licensee or permittee shall return the license or permit 
to the Chief, Firearms and Explosives Licensing Center, with a statement 
showing the nature of the error. The Chief, Firearms and Explosives 
Licensing Center, shall correct the error, if the error was made in his 
office, and return the license or permit. However, if the error resulted 
from information contained in the licensee's or permittee's application 
for the license or permit, the Chief, Firearms and Explosives Licensing 
Center, shall require the licensee or permittee to file an amended 
application setting forth

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the correct information and a statement explaining the error contained 
in the application. Upon receipt of the amended application and a 
satisfactory explanation of the error, the Chief, Firearms and 
Explosives Licensing Center, shall make the correction on the license or 
permit and return it to the licensee or permittee.
    (b) When the Chief, Firearms and Explosives Licensing Center, finds 
through any means other than notice from the licensee or permittee that 
an incorrect license or permit has been issued, (1) the Chief, Firearms 
and Explosives Licensing Center, may require the holder of the incorrect 
license or permit to return the license or permit for correction, and 
(2) if the error resulted from information contained in the licensee's 
or permittee's application for the license or permit, the Chief, 
Firearms and Explosives Licensing Center, shall require the licensee or 
permittee to file an amended application setting forth the correct 
information, and a statement satisfactorily explaining the error 
contained in the application. The Chief, Firearms and Explosives 
Licensing Center, then shall make the correction on the license or 
permit and return it to the licensee or permittee.

[T.D. ATF-87, 46 FR 40384, Aug. 7, 1981, as amended by T.D. ATF-290, 54 
FR 53054, Dec. 27, 1989]