175.35 Purchase of handguns.

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A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

(1)In this section:

(ag)“Criminal history record” includes information reported to the department under s. 938.396

(n)that indicates a person was adjudicated delinquent for an act that if committed by an adult in this state would be a felony.

(ar)“Firearms dealer” means any person engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing or dealing in firearms and having a license as an importer, manufacturer or dealer issued by the federal government.

(at)“Firearms restrictions record search” means a search of department of justice records to determine whether a person seeking to purchase a handgun is prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 941.29 . “Firearms restrictions record search” includes a criminal history record search, a search to determine whether a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 51.20

(cv)1. , 2007 stats., a search in the national instant criminal background check system to determine whether a person has been ordered not to possess a firearm under s. 51.20

(cv)1. , 51.45

(i)1. , 54.10

(f)1. , or 55.12

(a), a search to determine whether the person is subject to an injunction under s. 813.12 or 813.122 , or a tribal injunction, as defined in s. 813.12

(e), issued by a court established by any federally recognized Wisconsin Indian tribe or band, except the Menominee Indian tribe of Wisconsin, that includes notice to the respondent that he or she is subject to the requirements and penalties under s. 941.29 and that has been filed with the circuit court under s. 813.128

(3g), and a search to determine whether the person is prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 813.123

(5m)or 813.125

(4m).

(b)“Handgun” means any weapon designed or redesigned, or made or remade, and intended to be fired while held in one hand and to use the energy of an explosive to expel a projectile through a smooth or rifled bore.

(c)“Working day” means each day except Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday under s. 995.20 .

(2)When a firearms dealer sells a handgun, he or she may not transfer possession of that handgun to any other person until all of the following have occurred:

(a)The transferee has provided identification as required by rule under sub.

(a).

(b)The transferee has completed the notification form described in sub.

(b).

(c)The firearms dealer has conveyed the information from the completed notification form to the department of justice as required by rule under sub.

(b)and requested a firearms restrictions record search.

(d)The firearms dealer has received an approval number regarding the firearms restrictions record search under sub.

(c)from the department of justice.

(2e)When a transferee completes the notification form described in sub.

(b), the transferee shall provide truthful information.

(2f)When a firearms dealer requests that the department of justice provide a firearms restrictions record search under sub.

(2g), he or she shall provide truthful information about his or her status as a firearms dealer and shall provide an accurate firearms dealer identification number obtained under sub.

(2h). A person may request that the department provide a firearms restrictions record search under sub.

(2g)only if he or she is a firearms dealer.