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Approval of Application.  Upon approval of an application, the NFA Branch will affix the NFA tax stamp (if any) to the application, cancel it, and ...

Law Enforcement Notification.  The applicant must provide a copy of the Form 1 to the chief law enforcement officer (CLEO) who has jurisdiction ove...

Photographs and Fingerprints. An individual maker (including any Federally licensed collector who is an individual but not any other type of Federa...

Reactivation.  The restoration of a registered unserviceable NFA firearm to a functional condition.  This action incurs the making tax liability. ...

Make.  The term “make”, and the various derivatives of such word, shall include manufacturing (other than by one qualified to engage in such busine...

Person.  A partnership, company, association, trust, corporation, including each responsible person associated with such an entity; an estate; or a...

National Firearms Act (NFA).  Title 26, United States Code, Chapter 53. The implementing regulations are found in Title 27, Code of Federal Regulat...

Alien Admitted to the United States Under a Nonimmigrant Visa. An alien admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa includes, among oth...

“the central registry of all NFA firearms in the U.S. which are not in the possession or under the control of the U.S. Government. The registry includes (1) the identification of the firearm, (2) date of registration, and (3) identification and address of the person entitled to possession of the firearm (the person to whom the firearm is registered).”

Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence.  A Federal, State, local, tribal offense that is a misdemeanor under Federal, State or tribal law and has, ...

Fugitives from Justice.  Any person who has fled from any State to avoid prosecution for a felony or a misdemeanor, or any person who leaves the St...