27 CFR § 447.62 - False statements or concealment of facts.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s447.62"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 447.62 - False statements or concealment of facts."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "447.62"
section_name: "False statements or concealment of facts."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "447"
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# 447.62 False statements or concealment of facts.

Any person who willfully, in a registration or permit application, makes any untrue statement of a material fact or fails to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, shall upon conviction be fined not more than $1,000,000, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.

[T.D. ATF-8, 39 FR 3251, Jan. 25, 1974, as amended by T.D. ATF-215, 50 FR 42162, Oct. 18, 1985; T.D. ATF-287, 54 FR 13681, Apr. 5, 1989]