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§ 400.10 Report of theft or loss of a firearm, rifle or shotgun.
  1. (a) Any owner or other person lawfully  in  possession  of:  (i)  a
firearm, rifle or, shotgun who suffers the loss or theft of said weapon;
(ii)  ammunition  as well as a firearm, rifle or shotgun who suffers the
loss or theft of such ammunition as well as a firearm, rifle or shotgun;
or (iii) ammunition and is a dealer in firearms or seller of  ammunition
who  suffers  the  loss or theft of such ammunition shall within twenty-
four hours of the discovery of the loss or theft report  the  facts  and
circumstances  of  the loss or theft to a police department or sheriff's
office.
  (b) Whenever a person reports the theft or loss of  a  firearm,  rifle
[or],  shotgun  or  ammunition  to  any  police  department or sheriff's
office, the officer or department receiving such  report  shall  forward
notice of such theft or loss to the division of state police via the New
York  Statewide  Police  Information  Network.  The notice shall contain
information in compliance with the New York Statewide Police Information
Network Operating Manual, including the caliber, make,  model,  manufac-
turer's  name  and  serial  number, if any, and any other distinguishing
number or identification mark on the weapon.
  2. The division of state police shall receive, collect  and  file  the
information referred to in subdivision one of this section. The division
shall  cooperate,  and  undertake  to  furnish  or make available to law
enforcement agencies this information, for the purpose  of  coordinating
law enforcement efforts to locate such weapons.
  3.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, a violation of para-
graph  (a)  of  subdivision  one  of  this  section  shall  be a class A 
misdemeanor.
(As amended by L.2013 c.1)
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