TITLE 6: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
DIVISION 10: SPECIAL ACT FOR FIREARMS ENFORCEMENT (SAFE) § 10759. Procedure for denial or revocation of vendor’s license. (a) If it appears to the Department of Public Safety that an application for a vendor's license should be denied or that a vendor's license should be revoked, the Department of Public Safety shall notify the applicant or registrant of the proposed denial or revocation briefly stating the reason or reasons therefor. (b) Service may be made by mailing a copy of the notice to the applicant at the address identified on the application. In the case of an organization, service may be made upon the president, chief executive, or other officer, managing agent or person authorized by appointment or law to receive such notice as described in the preceding sentence at the business address of the organization identified in the application. (c) The applicant or vendor shall have 15 days from the date of service in which to submit further evidence in support of the application or qualifications to continue to hold a vendor's license, as the case may be; provided, that if the applicant or vendor does not make such a submission within 15 days from the date of service, the applicant or vendor shall be deemed to have conceded the validity of the reason or reasons stated in the notice, and the denial or revocation shall become final. (d) Within 10 days of the date upon which the Department of Public Safety receives such a submission, the Department shall serve upon the applicant or registrant in the manner provided in above, notice of the final decision. (e) Within 15 days of a decision becoming effective, which is unfavorable to a licensee or to an applicant for a vendor's license, the licensee or applicant shall: (1) peaceably surrender to the Department any firearms in his inventory which he does not register, and all destructive devices in his inventory in the manner provided for in 6 CMC § 10209. (2) lawfully remove from the Commonwealth any firearm in his inventory which he does not register and all destructive devices and ammunition in his inventory for so long as he has an interest in them; or (3) otherwise lawfully dispose of any firearms in his inventory which he does not register and all destructive devices and ammunition in his inventory. Source: PL 19-73 § 6 (Dec. 1, 2016), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission renumbered this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a). The Commission changed capitalization for the purpose of conformity pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(f). The Commission substituted “6 CMC § 10209” for “P.L. 19-42, (in Section 6, adding 6 CMC Division 10, Chapter 2, § 209)” in (e)(1) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(d), (g).