---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 478.29a"
title: "27"
number: "478.29a"
heading: "Acquisition of firearms by nonresidents."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/478.29a"
---

# §478.29a. Acquisition of firearms by nonresidents.


No person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, who does not reside in any State shall receive any firearms unless such receipt is for lawful sporting purposes.


## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-363, 60 FR 17451, Apr. 6, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 18 U.S.C. 847, 921-931; 44 U.S.C. 3504(h).

### Source

Source: 33 FR 18555, Dec. 14, 1968, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3750, Jan. 24, 2003.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-363, 60 FR 17451, Apr. 6, 1995]