18 USC § 927 - Effect on State law

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title: "18 USC § 927 - Effect on State law"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "927"
section_name: "Effect on State law"
chapter_number: 44
chapter_name: "FIREARMS"
part_number: "I"
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last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 90–351, title IV, § 902, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 234; amended Pub. L. 90–618, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1226.)"
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# § 927. Effect on State law

No provision of this chapter shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy the field in which such provision operates to the exclusion of the law of any State on the same subject matter, unless there is a direct and positive conflict between such provision and the law of the State so that the two cannot be reconciled or consistently stand together.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 90–351, title IV, § 902, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 234; amended Pub. L. 90–618, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1226.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1968— struck out “or possession” after “State” wherever appearing.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after , see , set out as a note under .