27 CFR § 555.205 - Movement of explosive materials.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s555.205"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 555.205 - Movement of explosive materials."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "555.205"
section_name: "Movement of explosive materials."
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"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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."
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# 555.205 Movement of explosive materials.

All explosive materials must be kept in locked magazines meeting the standards in this subpart unless they are:

(a) In the process of manufacture;

(b) Being physically handled in the operating process of a licensee or user;

(c) Being used; or

(d) Being transported to a place of storage or use by a licensee or permittee or by a person who has lawfully acquired explosive materials under § 555.106.