# 27 CFR § 478.146: Deliveries by mail to certain persons

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.146

## Section

- **Citation:** 27 CFR § 478.146
- **Heading:** Deliveries by mail to certain persons
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 27—Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms > CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE > SUBCHAPTER B—FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION > PART 478—COMMERCE IN FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION > Subpart I—Exemptions, Seizures, and Forfeitures

## Text

The provisions of this part shall not be construed as prohibiting a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer from depositing a firearm for conveyance in the mails to any officer, employee, agent, or watchman who, pursuant to the provisions of section 1715 of title 18, U.S.C., is eligible to receive through the mails pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person, for use in connection with his official duties.

## Nearby sections

- [27 CFR § 478.1 § 478.1 Scope of regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.1.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.2 § 478.2 Relation to other provisions of law.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.2.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.11 § 478.11 Meaning of terms.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.11.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.12 § 478.12 Definition of Frame or Receiver.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.12.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.13 §478.13 Definition of “engaged in the business as a dealer in firearms other than a gunsmith or a pawnbroker.”](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.13.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.21 § 478.21 Forms prescribed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.21.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.22 § 478.22 Alternate methods or procedures; emergency variations from requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.22.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.23 § 478.23 Right of entry and examination.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.23.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.24 § 478.24 Compilation of State laws and published ordinances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.24.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.25 § 478.25 Disclosure of information.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.25.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.25a § 478.25a Responses to requests for information.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.25a.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.26 § 478.26 Curio and relic determination.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.26.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.27 § 478.27 Destructive device determination.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.27.md)
- [27 CFR § 478.28 § 478.28 Transportation of destructive devices and certain firearms.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-27-478.28.md)

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