27 CFR § 478.53 - Change in trade name.

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title: "27 CFR § 478.53 - Change in trade name."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "478.53"
section_name: "Change in trade name."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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subchapter_name: "FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION"
part_number: "478"
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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."
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# 478.53 Change in trade name.

A licensee continuing to conduct business at the location shown on his license is not required to obtain a new license by reason of a mere change in trade name under which he conducts his business: *Provided,* That such licensee furnishes his license for endorsement of such change to the Chief, Federal Firearms Licensing Center within 30 days from the date the licensee begins his business under the new trade name.

[33 FR 18555, Dec. 14, 1968. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and amended by T.D. ATF-48, 44 FR 55842, Sept. 28, 1979; T.D. ATF-290, 54 FR 53055, Dec. 27, 1989]