---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 926A"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "926A"
heading: "Interstate transportation of firearms"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/926A"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 44 — Firearms"
---

# §926A. Interstate transportation of firearms


Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a [State](/usc/18/31.md?p=a-9) or any political subdivision thereof, any [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping, or receiving a [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) shall be entitled to transport a [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) for any lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) to any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) if, during such transportation the [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) is unloaded, and neither the [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) nor any [ammunition](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-17-A) being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle: Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment the [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) or [ammunition](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-17-A) shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 99–360, § 1(a), July 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 766.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 926A, added Pub. L. 99–308, § 107(a), May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 460, provided that any person not prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm be entitled to transport an unloaded, not readily accessible firearm in interstate commerce notwithstanding any provision of any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation prescribed by any State or political subdivision thereof, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–360, § 1(a).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on date on which Firearms Owners’ Protection Act, Pub. L. 99–308, became effective, see section 2 of Pub. L. 99–360, set out as an Effective Date of 1986 Amendments note under section 921 of this title.