Chapter 9.92
SALE OF FIREARMS1
Sections:
9.92.010 Record of sale—Investigation.
9.92.020 Delivery restrictions.
9.92.030 Prohibited purchasers.
9.92.040 Penalty for violations.
9.92.010 Record of sale—Investigation.
A. It is unlawful for any merchant or secondhand dealer, or any clerk, agent or employee of any merchant or secondhand dealer, to sell, give away or dispose of any pistol to any person at retail, unless:
1. The person is personally known to the seller or shall present clear evidence of his identity; and
2. Unless the merchant or secondhand dealer shall complete a true record in triplicate of every pistol sold or disposed of and submit the record to the chief of police of the city.
B. A complete record shall be personally signed by the purchaser and by the person effecting the sale, each in the presence of the other, and shall contain the date of sale, the caliber, make, model and manufacturer’s number of the weapon, the name, address, occupation and place of birth of the purchaser, and a statement signed by the purchaser that he is not a fugitive from justice and that he has never been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence or of drug addiction or of habitual drunkenness and has never been confined to a mental institution. One copy shall be sent by registered mail to the chief of police of the city on the same date as the record is completed.
C. The chief of police of the city shall within seventy-two hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, investigate the information contained in the record. In the event records are incomplete, the chief of police may require that the record be resubmitted. The time for investigation shall only attach to submission of complete records as herein defined. (Prior code § 6.22.010)
9.92.020 Delivery restrictions.
It is unlawful for any merchant or secondhand dealer or any clerk, agent or employee of any merchant or secondhand dealer to deliver any pistol to any purchaser within seventy-two hours exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays or holidays after the dealer has mailed a copy of the complete record in accordance with Section 9.92.010. Also it is unlawful for any merchant or secondhand dealer or any clerk, agent or employee of any merchant or secondhand dealer to deliver any pistol to any person known by the merchant or secondhand dealer or any clerk, agent or employee of any merchant or secondhand dealer, to be a person who is a fugitive from justice or who has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence or of drug addiction or of habitual drunkenness or has been confined to a mental institution. Any merchant or secondhand dealer, or any clerk, agent or employee of any merchant or secondhand dealer, who has no knowledge that the purchaser is a fugitive from justice or a person convicted of a crime of violence or of drug addiction or of habitual drunkenness or has been confined to a mental institution, or receives no communication from the chief of police within seventy-two hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after the merchant has mailed the completed record applicable to the sale, and delivers the pistol, shall not be guilty of a violation of this chapter. This section shall not apply to sales at wholesale or to sales to law enforcement officers. (Prior code § 6.22.020)
9.92.030 Prohibited purchasers.
It is unlawful for any person who is a fugitive from justice, or who has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence, or of drug addiction or of habitual drunkenness, or who has been confined to a mental institution, to purchase a pistol in this city, and it is further unlawful for any such person to fail to disclose such information when applying for the purchase of a pistol. (Prior code § 6.22.030)
9.92.040 Penalty for violations.
Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this chapter shall upon conviction of such violation or failure be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 293-74 § 2 (part), 1974; prior code § 6.22.040)
For statutory provisions concerning the sale of firearms, see RCW 9.41.080—9.41.160.