27 CFR § 478.34 - Removed, obliterated, or altered serial number.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s478.34"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 478.34 - Removed, obliterated, or altered serial number."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "478.34"
section_name: "Removed, obliterated, or altered serial number."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION"
part_number: "478"
part_name: "COMMERCE IN FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552(a); 18 U.S.C. 847, 921-931; 44 U.S.C. 3504(h)."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 18555, Dec. 14, 1968, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3750, Jan. 24, 2003."
cfr_part: "478"
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# 478.34 Removed, obliterated, or altered serial number.

No person shall knowingly transport, ship, or receive in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm which has had the importer's or manufacturer's serial number removed, obliterated, or altered, or possess or receive any firearm which has had the importer's or manufacturer's serial number removed, obliterated, or altered and has, at any time, been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.

[T.D. ATF-313, 56 FR 32508, July 17, 1991]