Section 1230.45 Firearm Serial Number System to Identify Firearms Reported Stolen

Section 1230.45  Firearm

Serial Number System to Identify Firearms Reported Stolen

a)         Access

to Illinois information online

1)         The

Department will establish a component to its FOID/FCCL Online System for the

purpose of searching stolen gun information as reported by law enforcement

agencies which is derived from the Illinois Law Enforcement Agencies Data

System (LEADS) and authorized for release to the public.

2)         This

component shall be known as the ISP Stolen Firearms System.

3)         The

serial or identification number assigned to a particular firearm by the

manufacturer may not be unique; duplicates may exist.  The information

contained within the system may not solely be used as a confirmation that any

firearm is stolen.

4)         If

the identifiers entered hit as a potential match to an active report, then the

potential match must be verified with the law enforcement agency that reported

the firearm theft within LEADS.

b)         Searching

the system

1)         Effective

July 1, 2022, whenever a person sells or transfers a firearm under Section 3

of the Act [430 ILCS 65/3], the seller may access the ISP

Stolen Firearms System and enter the

firearm

identification information for the firearm

to be sold or transferred.

2)         Effective

January 1, 2024, whenever a person sells or transfers a firearm under Section 3

of the Act [430 ILCS 65/3], the seller must access the ISP Stolen Firearms

System and enter the firearm identification information for the firearm to be

sold or transferred.

3)         Upon

accessing the ISP Stolen Firearms System and submitting firearms identification

information, the seller will receive a transaction number confirming that they

accessed the system and will receive information regarding whether a potential

match was identified.

4)         Effective

January 1, 2024, the seller must provide proof of the ISP Stolen Firearm System

search and results therefrom to the purchaser prior to completing the sale or

transfer

ng firearms identification

information, the seller will receive a transaction number confirming that they

accessed the system and will receive information regarding whether a potential

match was identified.

4)         Effective

January 1, 2024, the seller must provide proof of the ISP Stolen Firearm System

search and results therefrom to the purchaser prior to completing the sale or

transfer.

A)        A receipt

printed from the ISP Stolen Firearms System with a transaction number shall

serve as proof of the search.

B)        Both

parties must retain a copy of the receipt printed from the ISP Stolen Firearms

System as a part of the record required by Section 3(b) of the Act.

5)         Only

persons transferring a firearm may access the ISP Stolen Firearms System to

search Illinois stolen gun information.

c)         Review

of potential matches

1)         The Department

will assign appropriate personnel to follow-up with the local law enforcement

agency that reported the firearm theft within LEADS.

2)         The

local law enforcement agency that reported the firearm theft within LEADS will

cooperate with the Department to ensure any firearms transferred pursuant to

Section 3(a-25) of the Act have not been reported stolen.

3)         The

seller and buyer shall cooperate with the Department, as well as the local law

enforcement agency that reported the firearm theft within LEADS, in any

investigation they may commence regarding a potential match.