§ 478.94 Sales or deliveries between licensees.

A licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer selling or otherwise disposing of firearms, and a licensed collector selling or otherwise disposing of curios or relics, to another licensee shall verify the identity and licensed status of the transferee prior to making the transaction. Verification shall be established by the transferee furnishing to the transferor a certified copy of the transferee's license and by such other means as the transferor deems necessary: Provided, That it shall not be required (a) for a transferee who has furnished a certified copy of its license to a transferor to again furnish such certified copy to that transferor during the term of the transferee's current license, (b) for a licensee to furnish a certified copy of its license to another licensee if a firearm is being returned either directly or through another licensee to such licensee and (c) for licensees of multilicensed business organizations to furnish certified copies of their licenses to other licensed locations operated by such organization: Provided further, That a multilicensed business organization may furnish to a transferor, in lieu of a certified copy of each license, a list, certified to be true, correct and complete, containing the name, address, license number, and the date of license expiration of each licensed location operated by such organization, and the transferor may sell or otherwise dispose of firearms as provided by this section to any licensee appearing on such list without requiring a certified copy of a license therefrom. A transferor licensee who has the certified information required by this section may sell or dispose of firearms to a licensee for not more than 45 days following the expiration date of the transferee's license.

  1. a.(a) A licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer selling or otherwise disposing of firearms, and a licensed collector selling or otherwise disposing of curios or relics, to another licensee must verify the identity and licensed status of the transferee prior to making the transfer, unless one of the exceptions under paragraph (c) of this section applies.

  2. b.(b) Licensees must verify the transferee’s license under paragraph (a) of this section by:

    1. 1.(1) The transferee furnishing to the transferor a certified copy of the transferee’s license: or

    2. 2.(2) The transferor verifying the transferee’s license through ATF’s online Federal Firearms Licensee eZ Check system by ensuring that the transferee’s license number, expiration date, and business premises address in the eZ Check system match the information the transferee provides to the transferor at the time they arrange the transfer.

  3. c.(c) Circumstances in which verification is not required:

    1. 1.(1) Once a transferee has complied with the verification required under paragraph (b) of this section, the transferor does not need to re-verify that transferee’s license for subsequent transfers with that transferee during the remaining term of the transferee’s current license.

    2. 2.(2) If a licensee is returning a firearm, either directly or through another licensee, to the licensee from which the licensee acquired the firearm, the returning licensee is not required to furnish a certified copy of its license, nor is the transferor required to verify the license through the eZ Check system, with respect to the returned firearm.

    3. 3.(3) Licensees that are part of a multi-licensed business organization are not required to verify each others’ licenses when transferring firearms between such licensees operated by such organization.