---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 479.65"
title: "27"
number: "479.65"
heading: "Denial of application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/479.65"
---

# §479.65. Denial of application.


An application to make a firearm shall not be approved by the Director if the making or possession of the firearm would place the person making the firearm in violation of law.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 5801-5822; 26 U.S.C. 7801; 26 U.S.C. 7805.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 14256, Aug. 3, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3752, Jan. 24, 2003.