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.
Faxed 4473's
NOTICE: Faxed 4473 will no longer be accepted after Saturday,
January 25th, 2025 with the opening of the Agency Portal.
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
- The last 5 digits of the
Federal Firearm License number and name of the business.
- The caller’s name
- The full name of the
potential purchaser (last name, first name, middle name, suffix).
- Potential purchaser’s state
of residency.
- Potential purchaser’s date
of birth.
- Potential purchaser’s
gender (male or female).
- Type of gun transaction
(handgun or long gun or other).
- Potential purchaser’s
driver’s license number or identification card number.
- State of issuance for
driver’s license or identification card.
- Potential purchaser’s
country of citizenship.
- Potential purchaser’s place
of birth.
- If the potential purchaser
is not a U.S. citizen, the alien registration number or I94 number.
Agency Portal
The Nevada State Police, Brady Point of Contact
Firearms Program is excited to announce that the Federal Firearms Licensed Dealer, Agency Portal went live on Tuesday, January 28th, 2025!
The Brady Unit is encouraging all FFL's to sign up for
access to the Agency Portal.
The Agency Portal allows FFLs to submit background checks to
the Brady Point of Contact Firearms Program and receive background results
through a self-serve web-based portal. Registered FFL’s will be able to submit
background checks during normal Brady operating hours, Monday-Sunday,
8:00am-5:00pm, excluding July 4th, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New
Year's Day.
All background results are processed following
federal guidelines and portal users are able to view, print and receive their
background results and required information through the Agency Portal.
If you are an existing FFL or a brand new FFL and would like
to have access to the Agency Portal, please contact the NCJIS Service Desk.
NCJIS Service Desk
Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (7 days a week)
Phone: (775) 684-6262 Ext. 8
E-mail: NCJISHELP@dps.state.nv.us
FFL Phone Queue:
The Brady Unit strongly encourages all FFL's to sign up to
use the Agency Portal. For FFL's who prefer to continue using the phone lines
for background processing, the phones will be 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:
| Location |
Phone |
| Reno, Sparks, Incline, Carson City, Minden and Gardnerville |
775-684-6200 |
| Las Vegas and Southern Nevada |
702-486-8730 |
| All Other Areas |
1-800-4PISTOL
1-800-474-7865 |
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.
Delayed: The firearms licensee will be advised that further
research is necessary, and the transfer of the firearm is delayed. This delay
will take the three business days allowed by 28 C.F.R. § 25.6(c)(1)(iv)(B) to
determine eligibility of the transferee. (Weekends and legal holidays are not
counted in the total three-day hold.)
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.
Unresolved/Open: The Point of Contact Firearms Program is unable to reach
a Deny or Proceed status, further research will be conducted for up to 90
days. An Unresolved/Open response does not prohibit an
FFL from transferring a firearm after the three-business day timeframe has elapsed since
the FFL initiated the background check with the
Point of Contact Firearms Program.
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.
For more information on ATF
guidelines specific to Federal Firearms Licensees click here to go to the ATF’s
official web site: https://www.atf.gov/firearms