26 U.S.C. § 5861 : US Code - Section 5861: Prohibited acts

Search 26 U.S.C. § 5861 : US Code - Section 5861: Prohibited acts

It shall be unlawful for any person -
(a) to engage in business as a manufacturer or importer of, or
dealer in, firearms without having paid the special
(occupational) tax required by section 5801 for his business or
having registered as required by section 5802; or
(b) to receive or possess a firearm transferred to him in
violation of the provisions of this chapter; or
(c) to receive or possess a firearm made in violation of the
provisions of this chapter; or
(d) to receive or possess a firearm which is not registered to
him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record; or
(e) to transfer a firearm in violation of the provisions of
this chapter; or
(f) to make a firearm in violation of the provisions of this
chapter; or
(g) to obliterate, remove, change, or alter the serial number
or other identification of a firearm required by this chapter; or
(h) to receive or possess a firearm having the serial number or
other identification required by this chapter obliterated,
removed, changed, or altered; or
(i) to receive or possess a firearm which is not identified by
a serial number as required by this chapter; or
(j) to transport, deliver, or receive any firearm in interstate
commerce which has not been registered as required by this
chapter; or
(k) to receive or possess a firearm which has been imported or
brought into the United States in violation of section 5844; or
(l) to make, or cause the making of, a false entry on any
application, return, or record required by this chapter, knowing
such entry to be false.