
The serial number may not be readily removed, obliterated, or altered. 5842 requires each manufacturer and importer and anyone making a firearm to identify each firearm by a serial number. With respect to certain firearms subject to the National Firearms Act (e.g., machine guns), 26 U.S.C. The serial number must be engraved, cast, or stamped on the receiver or frame of the weapon in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury prescribes by regulation. Chapter 44), requires licensed importers and licensed manufacturers to identify, by means of a serial number, each firearm imported or manufactured. Section 923(i) of the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), as amended (18 U.S.C. End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Ficaretta, Regulations Division, Start Printed 97Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 650 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20226 (20). Start Further Info FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In addition, the final regulations will facilitate our ability to trace firearms used in crime. We believe that these minimum standards are necessary to ensure that firearms are properly identified in accordance with the law.

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