27 CFR § 447.31 - Registration requirement.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s447.31"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 447.31 - Registration requirement."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "447.31"
section_name: "Registration requirement."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION"
part_number: "447"
part_name: "IMPORTATION OF ARMS, AMMUNITION AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAR"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 2778; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129 (Mar. 8, 2013)."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-8, 39 FR 3251, Jan. 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3747, Jan. 24, 2003."
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# 447.31 Registration requirement.

Persons engaged in the business, in the United States, of importing articles enumerated on the U.S. Munitions Import List must register by making an application on ATF Form 4587.

[T.D. ATF-484, 67 FR 64526, Oct. 21, 2002]