---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 25.4"
title: "28"
number: "25.4"
heading: "Record source categories."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/25.4"
---

# §25.4. Record source categories.


It is anticipated that most records in the NICS Index will be obtained from Federal agencies. It is also anticipated that a limited number of authorized state and local law enforcement agencies will voluntarily contribute records to the NICS Index. Information in the NCIC and III systems that will be searched during a background check has been or will be contributed voluntarily by Federal, state, local, and international criminal justice agencies.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Public Law 103-159, 107 Stat. 1536, 49 U.S.C. 30501-30505; Public Law 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Public Law 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321.

### Source

Source: Order No. 2186-98, 63 FR 58307, Oct. 30, 1998, unless otherwise noted.