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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 59-13 Safety locks.">
  <section prefix="§" num="59-13" heading="Safety locks.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Dealers must provide.">
      <para num="(1)">A licensed firearm dealer may not sell, lease, or otherwise transfer a firearm without an accompanying child safety lock suitable for that firearm.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The dealer must provide the child safety lock to the recipient of the firearm when transferring the firearm.  The dealer may charge for the child safety lock.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Notices.">
      <para num="(1)">A licensed firearm dealer who sells, leases, or otherwise transfers a firearm must post conspicuously in the dealer’s place of business:<para num="(i)">a notice of the prohibition in &lt;cite data-path="|19|§59-12"&gt;§ 59-12 of this Part&lt;/cite&gt; against leaving a firearm where an unsupervised minor can obtain access to it; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a notice of the prohibition in subsection (a) of this section against the transfer of a firearm without an accompanying child safety lock.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">If the transaction occurs outside the dealer’s place of business, or if the dealer does not maintain a place of business in a commercial establishment, the dealer must provide the required notices in writing when transferring the firearm.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §117A(c), (d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 91-720</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 98-243</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
