---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 925A"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "925A"
heading: "Remedy for erroneous denial of firearm"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/925A"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 44 — Firearms"
---

# §925A. Remedy for erroneous denial of firearm


Any [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) denied a [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) pursuant to subsection [(s)](/usc/18/922.md?p=s) or [(t)](/usc/18/922.md?p=t) of section 922—

- (1) due to the provision of erroneous information relating to the [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) by any [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9) or political subdivision thereof, or by the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103 of the Brady [Handgun](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-30) Violence Prevention Act; or
- (2) who was not prohibited from receipt of a [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) pursuant to subsection [(g)](/usc/18/922.md?p=g) or [(n)](/usc/18/922.md?p=n) of section 922,

may bring an action against the [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9) or political subdivision responsible for providing the erroneous information, or responsible for denying the transfer, or against the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9), as the case may be, for an order directing that the erroneous information be corrected or that the transfer be approved, as the case may be. In any action under this section, the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–159, title I, § 104(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1543.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, referred to in par. (1), is section 103 of Pub. L. 103–159, which is classified to section 40901 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.