Identification Markings Placed on Firearms

OMB 1140-0050

Under USC 26 5842 ATF requires each licensed firearms manufacturer or licensed firearm importer to legibly identify each firearm by engraving, casting, stamping (impressing), or otherwise conspicuously placing on the frame or receiver an individual serial number. This number is used to facilitate the investigations of the criminal use of firearms.

The latest form for Identification Markings Placed on Firearms expires 2021-10-31 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
26 USC 5842 Identification of Firearms 4.1.2020.pdf Supplementary Document
27 CFR 478.92 How must licensed manufacturers... 4.1.2020.pdf Supplementary Document
27 CFR 479.102 How Firearms Must Be Identified 4.1.2020.pdf Supplementary Document
Justification for 1140-0050 10.21.2021.docx Supporting Statement A
Identification Markings Placed on Firearms

All Historical Document Collections

202110-1140-006 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2021-10-29
201807-1140-003 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2018-07-30
201505-1140-003 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2015-05-26
201112-1140-010 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2012-03-30
200901-1140-001 Approved without change	Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	2009-01-14
200510-1140-002 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2005-10-28
200301-1140-064 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2003-01-24