Registration of Firearms
Effective Sep 26, 2025Mass. Register #1557MGL c. 140, § 121BExecutive Office of Public Safety and Security
(1) To register a firearm the user must submit the following information:
- (a) Registrant's name;
- (b) Registrant's address;
- (c) Registrant's telephone number;
- (d) Registrant's email address;
- (e) Registrant's license, card, or permit type, or documentation of exemption pursuant to M.G.L. c. 140, § 129C;
- (f) Registrant's license, card, or permit number, or documentation of exemption pursuant to M.G.L. c. 140, § 129C;
- (g) Expiration date of the registrant's license, card, or permit, or documentation of exemption pursuant to M.G.L. c. 140, § 129C;
- (h) Date the firearm was acquired, if presently known;
- (i) Type of firearm;
- (j) Name and address of the source from which the firearm was obtained, if presently known; and
- (k) Whether the firearm was privately made.
- (2) To complete the registration process, the registrant must acknowledge under the penalties of perjury that they are properly licensed, permitted or exempted under the laws of the Commonwealth and are not otherwise prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.