NICS Firearm Disposition Record

[This PRA/Privacy Statement appears on the NICS E-Check screen when the law enforcement officer opens the application]

Privacy Act Statement

This system is established and maintained under the authority of 18 U.S.C. 922, as amended by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the “Brady Act”) (Public Law 103-159, Nov. 30, 1993); 28 U.S.C. 534, as amended (Pub. L. 103-322, Title IV 4060(a)), which permits the collection of information to allow a background check to be conducted to permit the transfer of a firearm to you. The purpose of E-Check is to enable law enforcement to conduct via Internet an unassisted background check for firearms transfers. This information is needed to verify your identity and to determine whether you are disqualified from possessing a firearm under Federal or State law. Disclosure of this information is voluntary. However, failure to provide such information may prevent you from receiving a firearm. A complete list of routine uses for this information is available in our System of Records Notice (SORN) entitled, National Instant Criminal Background Check Systems (NICS), FBI-018, 63 FR 65223, 65 FR 78190, 66 FR 6676, 66 FR 8425, 66 FR 12959, 72 FR 3410. This SORN is located at http://www.justice.gov/opcl/privacyact.html#FBI. Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed according to the principles of the Brady Act, the Federal Records Act, and the records retention schedules of the National Archives and Records Administration.

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice

This request is in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Law enforcement agencies use the information provided by a prospective transferee to determine if the prospective transferee is a person prohibited by law from possessing or receiving firearms. Providing the information is voluntary but failure to do so may prevent the transfer of a firearm. Although the information that is provided is protected by the FBI pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 25.8, confidentiality is not assured.

The estimated average burden associated with this collection is 5 minutes per respondent or record keeper, depending on individual circumstances. Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for reducing this burden should be directed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Divisions, NICS Section, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.