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  • SECTION 400.05
    Disposition of weapons and dangerous instruments, appliances and substances
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  • ARTICLE 400
    Licensing and Other Provisions Relating to Firearms
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  • SECTION 400.10
    Report of theft or loss of a firearm, rifle or shotgun
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    SECTION 400.06

    National instant criminal background checks

    Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 4, TITLE W, ARTICLE 400

    § 400.06 National instant criminal background checks.

    1. Any dealer in firearms that sells, delivers or otherwise transfers
    any firearm shall contact the division of state police to conduct a
    national instant criminal background check pursuant to section two
    hundred twenty-eight of the executive law.

    2. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section is a class
    A misdemeanor.