28 C.F.R. § 25.3
System information
(a) There is established at the FBI a National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
(b) The system will be based at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306-0147.
(c) The system manager and address are: Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Building, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20535.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2012–2025 · leading case: Ross v. Fed. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives, 903 F. Supp. 2d 333 (D. Maryland 2012).
Ross v. Fed. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives, 903 F. Supp. 2d 333 (D. Maryland 2012). “28 C.F.R. § 25.3 . In Maryland, a federal firearm licensee (“FFL”) is required to contact the NICS Section by telephone or via the Internet in order to initiate a background check prior to the transfer of any long gun, i.”
Robinson v. Sessions, 260 F. Supp. 3d 264 (W.D.N.Y. 2017). “See 28 C.F.R. § 25.3 (2015). Accordingly, the NICS is managed by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division’s NICS Operations Center.”
Bowen v. United States (S.D. Ga. 2021). “28 C.F.R. § 25.3 . The Brady Act also generally prohibits any licensed firearms dealer (i.”
Smith v. United States (D. Minnesota 2021). “28 C.F.R. § 25.3 (a)–(b). Under the NICS system, federal firearms licensees initiate a background check by contacting the NICS system by telephone or internet.”
Elgersma v. NICS (D. Minnesota 2025). “(citing 28 C.F.R. §§ 25.3 , 25.6). After receiving such a request, NICS automatically “searches for the prospective purchaser’s identity in three national databases .”
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