Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§926 Rules and regulations
Title 18 › Part PART I— - CRIMES › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - FIREARMS › § 926
Summary
The Attorney General may only make rules needed to carry out this chapter. Those rules can require licensees to give other licensees a certified copy of their license, allow issuing certified copies at a reasonable cost, and set how to receive and securely store firearms turned in or seized from people named in subsection (d)(8) or (g)(8) of section 922. Before issuing rules, the Attorney General must give at least 90 days' public notice and allow hearings. The Attorney General cannot require buyers using the section 845(a)(5) black powder exemption to fill out affidavits or forms.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §926
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(a)The Attorney General may prescribe only such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including—
(1)regulations providing that a person licensed under this chapter, when dealing with another person so licensed, shall provide such other licensed person a certified copy of this license;
(2)regulations providing for the issuance, at a reasonable cost, to a person licensed under this chapter, of certified copies of his license for use as provided under regulations issued under paragraph (1) of this subsection; and
(3)regulations providing for effective receipt and secure storage of firearms relinquished by or seized from persons described in subsection (d)(8) or (g)(8) of section 922.
(b)The Attorney General shall give not less than ninety days public notice, and shall afford interested parties opportunity for hearing, before prescribing such rules and regulations.
(c)The Attorney General shall not prescribe rules or regulations that require purchasers of black powder under the exemption provided in section 845(a)(5) of this title to complete affidavits or forms attesting to that exemption.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The date of the enactment of the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 99–308, which was approved May 19, 1986.
Amendments
2002—Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “Attorney General” for “Secretary”. 1994—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 103–322 added par. (3). 1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–308, § 106(1)–(4), designated existing provision as subsec. (a), and in subsec. (a) as so designated, in provision preceding par. (1) substituted “may prescribe only” for “may prescribe” and “as are” for “as he deems reasonably”, and in closing provision substituted provision that no rule or regulation prescribed after May 19, 1986, require that records required under this chapter be recorded at or transferred to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof, nor any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dispositions be established and that nothing in this section expand or restrict the authority of the Secretary to inquire into the disposition of any firearm in the course of a criminal investigation for provision that the Secretary give reasonable public notice, and afford an opportunity for a hearing, prior to prescribing
Rules and Regulations
. Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 99–308, § 106(5), added subsecs. (b) and (c). 1968—Pub. L. 90–618 inserted provisions authorizing the Secretary to prescribe
Regulations
requiring a licensee, when dealing with another licensee, to provide such other licensee a certified copy of the license, and
Regulations
authorizing the issuance of certified copies of the license required under this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 101 of Title 6, Domestic Security.
Effective Date
of 1986 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–308 effective 180 days after May 19, 1986, see section 110(a) of Pub. L. 99–308, set out as a note under section 921 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1968 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 90–618 effective Dec. 16, 1968, see section 105 of Pub. L. 90–618, set out as a note under section 921 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective 180 days after June 19, 1968, see section 907 of Pub. L. 90–351, set out as a note under section 921 of this title.
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 926
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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