California
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CA1098 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
Cal. Pen. Code § 11108.2; 11108.3
(a) A law enforcement agency shall enter or cause to be entered into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System each firearm that has been reported stolen, lost, found, recovered, held for safekeeping, or under observation, within seven calendar days after being notified of the precipitating event.
Effective:
2019-01-01
California
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CA1101 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
Cal. Pen. Code § 11108.3
(a) A law enforcement agency shall enter or cause to be entered into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System each firearm that has been reported stolen, lost, found, recovered, held for safekeeping, or under observation, within seven calendar days after being notified of the precipitating event.
Effective:
2018-09-28 Superseded:
2019-01-01
California
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CA1093 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
Cal. Pen. Code § 25250(a)
Commencing July 1, 2017, every person shall report the loss or theft of a firearm he or she owns or possesses to a local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the theft or loss occurred within five days of the time he or she knew or reasonably should have known that the firearm had been stolen or lost.
Effective:
2017-07-01
California
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CA1096 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
1998 Cal. Legis. Serv. Ch. 911 (AB 2011)
11108.3. (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 11108 that apply to a local law enforcement agency's duty to report to the Department of Justice the recovery of a firearm, whenever a police or sheriff's department recovers a firearm that is illegally possessed, has been used in a crime, or is suspected of having been used in a crime, it shall report to the department in a manner determined by the Attorney...
Effective:
1999-01-01 Superseded:
2018-09-28
Colorado
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CO1081 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-12-113
(1)(a)(I) A person who owns a firearm and who has reasonable cause to believe that the firearm has been lost or stolen shall report such fact to a law enforcement agency not more than five days after discovering that the firearm has been lost or stolen.
Effective:
2021-09-07
Connecticut
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CT1073 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-36n
(a) Whenever a law enforcement agency seizes a firearm in connection with a criminal arrest or pursuant to a search warrant without an arrest or otherwise recovers a firearm, such agency shall forthwith take all appropriate steps to identify and trace the history of such firearm.
Effective:
2013-10-01
Connecticut
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CT1069 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
C.G.S.A. § 53-202g(a)
Any person who lawfully possesses an assault weapon under sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, or a firearm, as defined in section 53a-3, that is lost or stolen from such person shall report the loss or theft to the organized local police department for the town in which the loss or theft occurred or, if such town does not have an organized local police department, to the state police troop having jurisdiction...
Effective:
2007-10-01
Connecticut
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CT1072 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
CT ST § 54-36n
(a) Whenever a law enforcement agency seizes a firearm in connection with a criminal arrest or pursuant to a search warrant without an arrest or otherwise recovers a firearm, such agency shall forthwith take all appropriate steps to identify and trace the history of such firearm.
Effective:
1998-05-27 Superseded:
2013-10-01
Delaware
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
DE1062 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
Del. Code Title 11. § 8102
(a) Whenever a law-enforcement agency seizes or recovers a firearm that was unlawfully possessed, used for any unlawful purpose, recovered from the scene of a crime, is reasonably believed to have been used or associated with the commission of a crime, or is acquired by the agency as an abandoned or discarded firearm, the agency shall:
Effective:
2016-09-14
Delaware
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
DE1059 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
11 Del.C. § 1461(a)
Any owner of a firearm, defined in § 222 of this title, shall report the loss or theft of the firearm within 7 days after the discovery of the loss or theft to either: (1) The law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the location where the loss or theft of the firearm occurred; or (2) Any State Police troop.
Effective:
2013-06-12
District of Columbia
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
DC1059 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
DC ST § 7-2502.08(a)
Each person or organization holding a registration certificate (for purposes of this section, “registrant”) shall: (1) Notify the Chief in writing of the loss, theft, or destruction of the registration certificate or of a registered firearm (including the circumstances, if known) immediately upon discovery of such loss, theft, or destruction
Effective:
1976-09-24
Hawaii
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
HI1078 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
HRS § 134-29(a)
Every person shall report the loss, theft, or destruction of a firearm that the person owns or possesses within twenty-four hours upon the discovery of such loss, theft, or destruction to: (1) The police department of the county within which the person resides; and (2) The police department of the county where the theft, loss, or destruction occurred.
Effective:
2019-04-24
Illinois
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
IL1065 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
720 ILCS 5/24-4.1(a)
If a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and who possesses or acquires a firearm thereafter loses the firearm, or if the firearm is stolen from the person, the person must report the loss or theft to the local law enforcement agency within 72 hours after obtaining knowledge of the loss or theft.
Effective:
2013-08-19
Illinois
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
IL1069 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
720 ILCS 5/24-8
§ 24-8. Firearm tracing. (a) Upon recovering a firearm from the possession of anyone who is not permitted by federal or State law to possess a firearm, a local law enforcement agency shall use the best available information, including a firearms trace when necessary, to determine how and from whom the person gained possession of the firearm.
Effective:
2002-01-01
Illinois
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
IL1068 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
720 ILCS 5/24-8
(a) Upon recovering a firearm from the possession of anyone who is not permitted by federal or State law to possess a firearm, a local law enforcement agency shall use the best available information, including a firearms trace when necessary, to determine how and from whom the person gained possession of the firearm.
Effective:
2000-01-01 Superseded:
2002-01-01
Illinois
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
IL1067 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
720 ILCS 5/24-8
§ 24-8. Firearm tracing. (a) Upon recovering a firearm from the possession of anyone under 21 years of age who is not permitted by federal or State law to possess a firearm, a local law enforcement agency shall use the best available information, including a firearms trace where necessary, to determine how and from where the person under 21 years of age gained possession of the firearm.
Effective:
1998-01-01 Superseded:
2000-01-01
Maryland
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
MD1060 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
MD Code, Public Safety, § 5-146(b)
If a regulated firearm is lost or stolen, the owner of the regulated firearm shall report the loss or theft to the local law enforcement agency within 72 hours after the owner first discovers the loss or theft.
Effective:
2013-10-01
Massachusetts
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
MA1065 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
M.G.L.A. 140, § 131Q
A firearm, rifle or shotgun, large capacity weapon, machine gun or assault weapon used to carry out a criminal act shall be traced by the licensing authority for the city or town in which the crime took place.
Effective:
2015-01-01
Massachusetts
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
MA1063 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
M.G.L.A. 140 § 129C
A seller shall, within seven days, report all such transfers to the commissioner of the department of criminal justice information services according to the provisions set forth in section one hundred and twenty-eight A, and in the case of loss, theft or recovery of any firearm, rifle, shotgun or machine gun, a similar report shall be made forthwith to both the commissioner of the department of criminal justice...
Effective:
1969-01-01
Michigan
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
MI1054 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
M.C.L.A. § 28.430, Sec. 10(1)
A person who owns a firearm shall, within 5 days after he or she knows his or her firearm is stolen, report the theft to a police agency having jurisdiction over that theft.
Effective:
1991-03-28
New Jersey
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
NJ1065 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
N.J. Stat. §§ 52:17B-9.18 ; 52:17B-5.3(b)
52:17B-9.18: The Legislature finds and declares that to further provide for the public safety and the well being of the citizens of this State, and to respond to growing dangers and threats of gun violence, it is altogether fitting and proper for the law enforcement departments and agencies of this State to fully participate, through the utilization of electronic technology, in interjurisdictional information and...
Effective:
2014-01-01
New Jersey
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
NJ1066 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
N.J. Stat. §§ 52:17B-9.18 ; 52:17B-5.3
A law enforcement officer who seizes or recovers a firearm that was unlawfully possessed, used for an unlawful purpose, recovered from a crime scene or is reasonably believed to have been used in or associated with the commission of a crime, or is otherwise acquired as an abandoned or discarded firearm shall complete, within 24 hours of the entering of the required information relating to that firearm into the New...
Effective:
2013-09-18 Superseded:
2014-01-01
New Jersey
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
NJ1063 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
N.J.S.A. 2C:58-19
The legal owner of a firearm, upon discovering that the firearm is lost or stolen, shall report the loss or theft within 36 hours to the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality in which the loss or theft occurred or, if the municipality does not have a local police force, to the Superintendent of State Police.
Effective:
2008-01-13
New York
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
NY1064 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
McKinney's Penal Law § 400.10.1.(a)
Any owner or other person lawfully in possession of: (i) a firearm, rifle or, shotgun who suffers the loss or theft of said weapon; (ii) ammunition as well as a firearm, rifle or shotgun who suffers the loss or theft of such ammunition as well as a firearm, rifle or shotgun; or (iii) ammunition and is a dealer in firearms or seller of ammunition who suffers the loss or theft of such ammunition shall within...
Effective:
2000-11-01
New York
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
NY1066 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
N.Y. Exec. Law § 230(5)
In any case where a state or local law enforcement agency investigates the commission of a crime in this state and a specific gun is known to have been used in such crime, such agency shall submit a request to the national tracing center of the United States Department of Treasury, bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms to trace the movement of such gun and such federal agency shall be requested to provide the...
Effective:
2000-08-08
Ohio
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OH1048 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
O.R.C. § 2923.20(A)
No person shall do any of the following: (8) Knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance in the person's possession or under the person's control.
Effective:
1973-04-23
Oregon
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
OR1063 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
ORS § 166.397
(1)(a) A person who owns, possesses or controls a firearm shall report the loss or theft of the firearm to a law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the loss or theft occurred as soon as practicable but not later than within 72 hours of the time the person knew or reasonably should have known of the loss or theft.
Effective:
2021-09-25
Pennsylvania
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
PA1057 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 6127
(a) Illegal possession.--Upon confiscating or recovering a firearm from the possession of anyone who is not permitted by Federal or State law to possess a firearm, a local law enforcement agency shall use the best available information, including a firearms trace where necessary, to determine how and from where the person gained possession of the firearm.
Effective:
2008-10-17
Pennsylvania
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
PA1056 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
PA ST 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6127
(a) Illegal possession.-Upon recovering a firearm from the possession of anyone under 21 years of age who is not permitted by Federal or State law to possess a firearm, a local law enforcement agency shall use the best available information, including a firearms trace where necessary, to determine how and from where the person under 21 years of age gained possession of the firearm.
Effective:
2007-09-15 Superseded:
2008-10-17
Rhode Island
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
RI1057 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-47-48.1
Every person who owns a firearm shall report the loss or theft of their firearm to the local law enforcement agency within twenty-four (24) hours of the discovery of the loss or theft. Whoever knowingly violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
Effective:
1997-07-02
Virginia
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
VA1063 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
2020 VA H.B. 9 § 18.2-287.5
§ 18.2-287.5. Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty. A. If a firearm is lost or stolen from a person who lawfully possessed it, then such person shall report the loss or theft to any local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police within 48 hours after such person discovers the loss or theft or is informed by a person with personal knowledge of the loss or theft.
Effective:
2020-04-06
Virginia
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
VA1057 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
Va. Code Ann. § 52-25.1.
1. Reporting and return of firearms confiscated or recovered by law-enforcement agencies. A. Whenever a law-enforcement agency confiscates a firearm in connection with a criminal investigation or otherwise recovers a firearm, such agency shall immediately take all appropriate steps to identify and trace the history of such firearm. B.
Effective:
2016-03-01
Virginia
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
VA1056 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
Va. Code Ann. § 52-25.1.
§ 52-25.1. Reporting of confiscated firearms.-The Superintendent shall establish and maintain within the Department of State Police a Criminal Firearms Clearinghouse as a central repository of information regarding all firearms seized, forfeited, found or otherwise coming into the possession of any state or local law-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth which are believed to have been used in the commission of a...
Effective:
1993-07-01 Superseded:
2016-03-01
Washington
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
WA1084 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
WA ST 9.41.368
(1) An owner or other person lawfully in possession of a firearm who suffers the loss or theft of the firearm shall report the facts and circumstances of the loss or theft to the local law enforcement agency where the loss or theft occurred within 24 hours after the person first discovered the loss or theft unless the delay is for good cause shown.
Effective:
2024-06-06