§ 137.25. Manufacturers' and dealers' records.

A.

Each licensed manufacturer or dealer shall maintain at his place of business, complete and adequate records of all firearms disposed of in the course of his business, whether manufactured by himself or acquired from other manufacturers or dealers. The records shall show and include:

1.

The number of firearms of each type, together with a full and adequate description thereof, including the serial numbers if such weapons are numbered;

2.

The name and address of each person from whom the firearms, if not the manufacturer's own product, were acquired and the date of acquisition; and

3.

The disposition made of the firearms, including the name and principal address of each transferee, the address to which they are delivered and the date of disposition.

B.

Each licensed dealer shall maintain similarly complete and adequate records at each store or place where firearms are sold, of all firearms acquired and disposed of in the course of his business at such store or place.

C.

In addition to the records required by this section, every licensee under the provisions of this chapter shall at the time of every purchase, enter with typewritten or printed letters, in ink, on a blank form to be furnished by the Police Division, such information as may be called for by such blank form. The information shall be printed on the card by the licensee or his employee, except that the seller shall sign his name where required on the card. No entry on the card shall be erased, obliterated, altered, or defaced.

1.

Every licensee under the provisions of this chapter shall mail by noon of the following weekday to the Chief of Police or his authorized representative, to the address the Chief of Police or his authorized representative shall designate, the blanks furnished by the Police Division properly filled in and signed by the seller, in accordance with the provisions of this section, for all transactions of the preceding business day.

2.

However, any licensee licensed under the provisions of this chapter for the first time must, for the first forty-five days he conducts business with the city, hand-deliver such blanks to the Chief of Police or his authorized representative, properly filled in and signed by the seller, on every weekday before the hours of 12:00 noon for all transactions of the preceding business day.

D.

Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Penalty, see § 130.99.

(Ord. 702-1983; Ord. 982-1957)