Tennessee
background checks
handgun Permissive
TN1005 — sales from dealer
Citation:
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1316
(g) The Tennessee bureau of investigation may require that the dealer verify the identification of the purchaser if that identity is in question by sending the thumbprints of the purchaser to the bureau.
Effective:
2009-05-20
Tennessee
background checks
handgun Permissive
TN1002 — private sales : point of sale
Citation:
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1316(m)(3)
(m) (1) The background check does not apply to transactions between licensed importers, licensed manufacturers, licensed dealers, or licensed collectors who meet the requirements of subsection (b) and certify prior to the transaction the legal and licensed status of both parties. The burden shall fall upon the transferor to determine the legality of the transaction in progress.
Effective:
1998-11-01
Tennessee
background checks
long gun Restrictive
TN1006 — sales from dealer
Citation:
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1316(c)
(c) Except with respect to transactions between persons licensed as dealers under 18 U.S.C. § 923, a gun dealer shall comply with the following before a firearm is delivered to a purchaser: (1) The purchaser shall present to the dealer current identification meeting the requirements of subsection (f). (2) The gun dealer shall complete a firearms transaction record as required by 18 U.S.C.
Effective:
1998-11-01
Tennessee
background checks
handgun and long gun Restrictive
TN1040 — sales from dealer : federal
Citation:
18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)(1)
Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the Attorney General notifies licensees under section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that the national instant criminal background check system is established, a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not transfer a firearm to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless- (A) before the completion of the...
Effective:
1998-11-30
Tennessee
background checks
handgun Restrictive
TN1039 — sales from dealer : federal
Citation:
18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)
Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless- (A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...
Effective:
1994-02-28 Superseded:
1998-11-30
Tennessee
background checks
handgun Restrictive
TN1001 — private sales : point of sale
Citation:
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1316(d)
(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude any person eligible to purchase a pistol or sidearm, as set out above, from making an occasional sale of a used or second-hand gun legally purchased by the person without being licensed to do business as such; but whenever a sale is made, the same procedure must be followed as is provided above for persons licensed by the state of Tennessee to engage in the business.
Effective:
1959-03-19 Superseded:
1998-11-01
Tennessee
background checks
handgun Restrictive
TN1004 — sales from dealer
Citation:
Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1316(b)
(b) Any person desiring to purchase a pistol or sidearm as above provided shall certify to the seller that the purchaser is not one of those listed above as prohibited from legal sale of a firearm, and the person having the gun for sale, whether a firearms dealer engaged in the business of selling firearms, new or used, or any other person, shall file with the sheriff of the county wherein the sale is to be made,...
Effective:
1959-03-19 Superseded:
2009-05-20