1. A. Upon receipt of a properly completed application, the Secretary shall conduct an investigation of the applicant for the purpose of determining whether the applicant may purchase or receive a regulated firearm and whether the information and statements on the application are true and accurate.
2. B. In conducting the investigation, the Secretary may request the assistance of the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City, the chief of police in any county maintaining a police force, or the sheriff in any county not maintaining a police force.
3. C. Information discovered during the investigation may be used against an applicant who has provided false or misleading information or has omitted information on the application.

Authority: Criminal Law Article, Title 4, Subtitle 3; Public Safety Article, §5-105; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 21, 1972

Chapter revised effective March 2, 1977 (4:5 Md. R. 383)

Regulations .01—.09 repealed effective April 25, 1994 (21:8 Md. R. 675)

Regulations .01—.15 adopted effective April 25, 1994 (21:8 Md. R. 675)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 12.06.03 to 29.03.01, July 1994

Regulation .01 amended and Regulations .16—.20 adopted as an emergency provision effective April 25, 1994 (21:8 Md. R. 669); adopted permanently effective September 12, 1994 (21:18 Md. R. 1513)

Regulations .01, .02, and .08 amended and Regulation .21 adopted as an emergency provision effective December 23, 1994 (22:2 Md. R. 74); adopted permanently effective June 19, 1995 (22:12 Md. R. 903)

Chapter revised effective May 5, 1997 (24:9 Md. R. 659)

Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2000 (27:20 Md. R. 1836); emergency status expired March 29, 2001

Chapter revised effective May 28, 2001 (28:10 Md. R. 951)

Regulation .01B amended effective July 7, 2003 (30:13 Md. R. 854)

Regulation .02B amended effective September 30, 2002 (29:19 Md. R. 1526)

Regulation .04 amended effective September 30, 2002 (29:19 Md. R. 1526)

Regulation .05C amended effective July 7, 2003 (30:13 Md. R. 854)

Regulation .32C adopted effective July 7, 2003 (30:13 Md. R. 854)

Chapter revised effective February 2, 2004 (31:2 Md. R. 86)

Regulation .03A amended effective December 17, 2007 (34:25 Md. R. 2216)

Regulations .01—.32 repealed and new Regulations .01—.58 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2013 (40:21 Md. R. 1772); adopted permanently effective December 23, 2013 (40:25 Md. R. 2071)

Regulation .45C amended December 12, 2024 (51:24 Md. R. 1082)

Regulation .58 repealed effective November 23, 2015 (42:23 Md. R. 1436)

Regulation .58 adopted effective December 12, 2024 (51:24 Md. R. 1082)