§ 400.02 Statewide license and record database.
    There  shall be a statewide license and record database which shall be
  created and maintained by the division of state police the cost of which
  shall not be borne by any municipality. Records assembled  or  collected
  for  purposes  of  inclusion  in  such  database shall not be subject to
  disclosure pursuant to article six of the public officers  law.  Records
  containing granted license applications shall be periodically checked by
  the  division  of criminal justice services against criminal conviction,
  mental health, and all other records as are necessary to determine their
  continued accuracy as well as whether an individual is no longer a valid
  license holder. The division of criminal  justice  services  shall  also
  check  pending  applications  made pursuant to this article against such
  records to determine  whether  a  license  may  be  granted.  All  state
  agencies shall cooperate with the division of criminal justice services,
  as  otherwise  authorized  by law, in making their records available for
  such checks. The division of criminal justice services, upon determining
  that an individual is ineligible to possess a license, or is no longer a
  valid license holder, shall notify the applicable licensing official  of
  such determination and such licensing official shall not issue a license
  or  revoke  such  license  and  any  weapons  owned or possessed by such
  individual  shall  be  removed  consistent  with   the   provisions   of
  subdivision  eleven  of  section 400.00 of this article. Local and state
  law enforcement shall have access to such database in the performance of
  their duties. Records assembled or collected for purposes  of  inclusion
  in  the  database established by this section shall be released pursuant
  to a court order.
(Added by L.2013 c.1)
(As amended by L.2019 c.244 effective 09/03/19.)