Provides for the registration of firearms by the owner thereof at the county clerks office of the county where the owner resides, except in New York city; establishes fees for original registration and annual renewal thereof.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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805
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. ADAMS, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the registration of
firearms
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 400.02 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 400.02 Registration of firearms; fees; renewals.
4 1. Every owner of a firearm shall present by mail or otherwise to the
5 clerk of the county wherein he or she resides an application for regis-
6 tration of such firearm. For owners residing in a county contained
7 entirely within a city, such application shall be made at the precinct
8 station serving the area wherein such owner resides. Such application
9 shall contain a brief description of each firearm to be registered,
10 including any serial number thereon, the owner's name, address and phone
11 number, and the location where the firearm is to be located when not in
12 use. With respect to a newly acquired firearm, the application shall
13 include where and how such firearm was acquired.
14 2. Upon receipt of a sufficient application, the registering office
15 shall provide the applicant with a registration upon payment of a fee of
16 fifteen dollars for each firearm registered.
17 3. A permanent record of such registration shall be maintained by the
18 registering office, and the firearm owner shall be issued a photo iden-
19 tification pocket card indicating the firearm has been registered to
20 such owner.
21 4. Such registration shall be renewed each year for a fee of ten
22 dollars. Whenever the registered owner shall give, sell, lose or other-
23 wise cease to possess the registered firearm, the registering office
24 shall be made aware of such termination of possession.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04532-01-3
S. 805 2
1 5. Willful failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall
2 be a misdemeanor.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
4 it shall have become a law.
