27 CFR § 555.165 - Failure to report theft or loss.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s555.165"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 555.165 - Failure to report theft or loss."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "555.165"
section_name: "Failure to report theft or loss."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "EXPLOSIVES"
part_number: "555"
part_name: "COMMERCE IN EXPLOSIVES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "18 U.S.C. 847."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-87, 46 FR 40384, Aug. 7, 1981, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-487, 68 FR 3748, Jan. 24, 2003."
cfr_part: "555"
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# 555.165 Failure to report theft or loss.
(a) Any person who has knowledge of the theft or loss of any explosive materials from his stock and fails to report the theft or loss within 24 hours of discovery in accordance with § 555.30, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(b) Any licensee or permittee who fails to report a theft of explosive materials in accordance with § 555.30 will be fined under title 18 U.S.C., imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
[T.D. ATF-87, 46 FR 40384, Aug. 7, 1981, as amended by ATF No. 1, 68 FR 13793, Mar. 20, 2003; ATF 2017R-21, 84 FR 13800, Apr. 8, 2019]