---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 555.51"
title: "27"
number: "555.51"
heading: "Duration of license or permit."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/555.51"
---

# §555.51. Duration of license or permit.

- (a) [Reserved]
- (b) **On and after May 24, 2003.**
  - (1) **An original license or user permit is issued for a period of three years.** A renewal license or user permit is also issued for a period of three years. However, a user-limited permit is valid only for a single purchase transaction.
  - (2) **A limited permit is issued for a period of one year.** A renewal limited permit is also issued for a period of one year.

## Notes

### Amendments

[ATF No. 1, 68 FR 13786, Mar. 20, 2003, as amended by ATF 2017R-21, 84 FR 13799, Apr. 8, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 847.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-87, 46 FR 40384, Aug. 7, 1981, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3748, Jan. 24, 2003.

### Amendments

[ATF No. 1, 68 FR 13786, Mar. 20, 2003, as amended by ATF 2017R-21, 84 FR 13799, Apr. 8, 2019]