{"identifier":"/us/usc/t26/s5861","title":26,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5861.","heading":"Prohibited acts","text":"\u00a7\u202f5861.\nProhibited acts\nIt shall be unlawful for any person\u2014\n(a) to engage in business as a manufacturer or importer of, or dealer in, firearms without having paid the special (occupational) tax required by section 5801 for his business or having registered as required by section 5802; or\n(b) to receive or possess a firearm transferred to him in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or\n(c) to receive or possess a firearm made in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or\n(d) to receive or possess a firearm which is not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record; or\n(e) to transfer a firearm in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or\n(f) to make a firearm in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or\n(g) to obliterate, remove, change, or alter the serial number or other identification of a firearm required by this chapter; or\n(h) to receive or possess a firearm having the serial number or other identification required by this chapter obliterated, removed, changed, or altered; or\n(i) to receive or possess a firearm which is not identified by a serial number as required by this chapter; or\n(j) to transport, deliver, or receive any firearm in interstate commerce which has not been registered as required by this chapter; or\n(k) to receive or possess a firearm which has been imported or brought into the United States in violation of section 5844; or\n(l) to make, or cause the making of, a false entry on any application, return, or record required by this chapter, knowing such entry to be false.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t26/s5861.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5861."},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibited acts","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"It shall be unlawful for any person\u2014"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" to engage in business as a manufacturer or importer of, or dealer in, firearms without having paid the special (occupational) tax required by section 5801 for his business or having registered as required by section 5802; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" to receive or possess a firearm transferred to him in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" to receive or possess a firearm made in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"content","text":" to receive or possess a firearm which is not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"content","text":" to transfer a firearm in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/f","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(f)"},{"t":"content","text":" to make a firearm in violation of the provisions of this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/g","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(g)"},{"t":"content","text":" to obliterate, remove, change, or alter the serial number or other identification of a firearm required by this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/h","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(h)"},{"t":"content","text":" to receive or possess a firearm having the serial number or other identification required by this chapter obliterated, removed, changed, or altered; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" to receive or possess a firearm which is not identified by a serial number as required by this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/j","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(j)"},{"t":"content","text":" to transport, deliver, or receive any firearm in interstate commerce which has not been registered as required by this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/k","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(k)"},{"t":"content","text":" to receive or possess a firearm which has been imported or brought into the United States in violation of section 5844; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t26/s5861/l","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(l)"},{"t":"content","text":" to make, or cause the making of, a false entry on any application, return, or record required by this chapter, knowing such entry to be false.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}