Federal Firearm Licensed Dealers Page

Nevada FFLs use the Point of Contact Firearms Program in the Department of Public Safety's Records Bureau as their Point of Contact rather than going to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System directly. The advantage to this is that the Point of Contact Firearms Program has access to Nevada criminal history records unavailable to agencies outside of the state, as well as the national records. 

 Please be advised that in preparation for the Agency Portal opening, the Brady Point of Contact Firearms Program will be closed for all new backgrounds beginning on Sunday, January 26^th at 12:00pm through Monday January 27^th, for data migration to the new systems. The Agency Portal and phone lines will re-open for normal business on Tuesday, January 28th at 8:00am. 

Hours of Operation:

The State of Nevada Point of Contact Firearms Program is open 8:00am to 5:00pm, 7 days a week. The Firearms Program is closed for business on July 4th, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.  

Fee Information

In order to fund the Point of Contact Firearms Program, a $25.00 fee is assessed for each background check performed. It is highly recommended that prior to contacting the Point of Contact Firearms Program for a background check that the FFL collects from the potential purchaser the $25.00 fee. This fee will be assessed whether a ‘proceed’, ‘unresolved’ or a ‘deny’ is granted for the transfer of a firearm. Additionally, once the licensee has made the background check request to the Point of Contact Firearms Program the fee is non-refundable even if the potential purchaser or FFL decides to cancel the firearm transaction.

Form & Identity Requirements

Once the potential firearm purchaser completes the applicable portions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' (ATF) form 4473, the Federal Firearm Licensed dealer (FFL) is required to verify the identity of the potential purchaser. The FFL must compare the information provided on the ATF form 4473 to a valid government-issued identification document containing a photograph and the person's name, address, and date of birth. A valid driver's license or identification card meets the needs of an identification document.

After the FFL has completed the identity verification with the ATF for 4473, the FFL must contact the Nevada Point of Contact Firearms Program. 

If the Point of Contact Firearms Program staff needs more information to further identify the purchaser, they may ask for the purchaser's social security number, race, height or weight, as well as other identifying information provided on the ATF form 4473.   

In order to conduct a background check, Point of Contact Firearms Program staff will require the information listed below   

1. The last 5 digits of the Federal Firearm License number and name of the business. 
2. The caller’s name
3. The full name of the potential purchaser (last name, first name, middle name, suffix).
4. Potential purchaser’s state of residency. 
5. Potential purchaser’s date of birth.
6. Potential purchaser’s gender (male or female). 
7. Type of gun transaction (handgun or long gun or other). 
8. Potential purchaser’s driver’s license number or identification card number. 
9. State of issuance for driver’s license or identification card. 
10. Potential purchaser’s country of citizenship. 
11. Potential purchaser’s place of birth. 
12. If the potential purchaser is not a U.S. citizen, the alien registration number or I94 number. 

Faxed 4473's

NOTICE: Faxed 4473 will no longer be accepted after Saturday, January 25th, 2025 with the opening of the Agency Portal. 

FFL Phone Queue:

The phone lines for background processing are open from 8:00am-4:00pm. The phone lines close at 4:00pm to allow staff time to process everyone in queue by the end of the business day. Anyone in the queue before 4:00pm will remain in the queue until staff are able to answer and process the call.

Callers are capped at 10 background checks per call to allow other customers on hold to get through during business hours.     

Contact Information:

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Results

Based upon the information provided, the Point of Contact Firearms Program staff member will execute the background check against federal (NICS) and state databases that will result in one of the following determinations:

Proceed: The firearms transaction may proceed, as no disqualifying information was located within the data bases available to the Point of Contact Firearms Program that would prohibit the transfer of a firearm to the potential purchaser.

If a transaction has been delayed, the Point of Contact Firearms Program will call the FFL back on the third business day with one of the following determinations:  

Proceed: The firearms transaction may proceed, as no disqualifying information was located in databases available to the Point of Contact Firearms Program that would prohibit the transfer of a firearm to the potential purchaser.

Deny: The FFL will be advised that the transfer of a firearm would violate federal or state law. Upon the denial of a transaction the Point of Contact Firearms Program will request that the 4473 corresponding to the background check be faxed to 775-687-3419.  

Per 28 C.F.R. § 25.8 and 28 C.F.R. 25.9 FFLs are not permitted to receive criminal history information pertaining to the potential purchaser. 

The results of each background check (regardless of the result) may not be disclosed to anyone other than those who need to know for the purposes directly associated with the firearms transfer.

Additional Information:

If the denied or unresolved subject would like more information on the determination made by the Point of Contact Firearms Program, the FFL may provide them with this form:  Request for Information Regarding Your Deny or Unresolved Status and follow the instructions as indicated on the form.

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