Wash. Rev. Code § 9.41.327

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 9.41.327 - Unfinished frames or receivers-Exceptions-Penalties
(1) After March 10, 2023, no person may knowingly or recklessly possess, transport, or receive an unfinished frame or receiver, unless:
(a) The party possessing, transporting, or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver is a law enforcement agency or a federal firearms importer, federal firearms manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer; or
(b) the unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal firearms importer, federal firearms manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer.
(2) No person may sell, offer to sell, transfer, or purchase an unfinished frame or receiver, unless:
(a) The party purchasing the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, federal firearms manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer; or
(b) the unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal firearms importer, federal firearms manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to any unfinished frame or receiver that has been imprinted by a federal firearms dealer or other federal licensee authorized to provide marking services as provided for in RCW 9.41.328.
(4)
(a) Any person who violates this section commits a civil infraction and shall be assessed a monetary penalty of $500.
(b) If a person previously has been found to have violated this section, then the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW for each subsequent violation of this section.
(c) If a person previously has been found to have violated this section two or more times, then the person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW for each subsequent violation of this section.
(d) If a person violates this section by possessing, transporting, receiving, selling, offering to sell, transferring, or purchasing three or more unfinished frames or receivers at a time, then the person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW for each violation of this section.
(e) A person commits a separate violation of this section for each and every unfinished frame or receiver to which this section applies.

RCW 9.41.327

Added by 2022 c 105,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2022.

Effective date- 2022 c 105 : See note following RCW 7.80.120.