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Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.427 (2026)

Register of transfers of used firearms

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      166.427 Register of transfers of used firearms. (1) Whenever a person engaged in the business, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921, of selling, leasing or otherwise transferring a firearm, whether the person is a retail dealer, pawnbroker or otherwise, buys or accepts in trade, a used firearm, the person shall enter in a register the time, date and place of purchase or trade, the name of the person selling or trading the firearm, the number of the identification documentation presented by the person and the make, model and manufacturer’s number of the firearm. The register shall be obtained from and furnished by the Department of State Police to the dealer on application at cost.

      (2) The duplicate sheet of the register shall, on the day of purchase or trade, be hand delivered or mailed to the local law enforcement authority.

      (3) Violation of this section by any person engaged in the business of selling, leasing or otherwise transferring a firearm is a Class C misdemeanor. [1989 c.839 §16; 1993 c.4 §3; 2001 c.539 §12]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1993–1994 · leading case: State v. Weaver, 854 P.2d 962 (Or. Ct. App. 1993).
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State v. Weaver, 854 P.2d 962 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 8× “Defendant owns a secondhand store that sells guns. He was indicted on 52 counts of failing to register the transfer of handguns and on 249 counts of failing to register the transfer of used firearms.”
State v. Weaver, 874 P.2d 1322 (Or. 1994). · cites it 2× “ORS 166.427. Before trial, defendant moved to suppress the evidence seized during the compliance check, on the ground that the seizures violated Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution.”
State v. Weaver, 863 P.2d 1273 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). “On the day of the search, the officers had begun a compliance check pursuant to the ordinance when they discovered that there were no transfer forms for the used firearms as required by ORS 166.427. The officers explained to the store manager what they had found and requested…”
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