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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="5-118" title_number="5" title_name="Firearms" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Regulated Firearms">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A firearm applicant shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>submit to a licensee or designated law enforcement agency a firearm application on the form that the Secretary provides; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pay to the licensee or designated law enforcement agency an application fee of $10.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A firearm application shall contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the firearm applicant’s name, address, Social Security number, place and date of birth, height, weight, race, eye and hair color, signature, driver’s or photographic identification soundex number, occupation, and regulated firearm information for each regulated firearm to be purchased, rented, or transferred;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the date and time that the firearm applicant delivered the completed firearm application to the prospective seller or transferor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a statement by the firearm applicant under the penalty of perjury that the firearm applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is at least 21 years old;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has never been convicted of a disqualifying crime;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has never been convicted of a violation classified as a common law crime and received a term of imprisonment of more than 2 years;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>is not a fugitive from justice;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>is not a habitual drunkard;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>is not addicted to a controlled dangerous substance or is not a habitual user;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>does not suffer from a mental disorder as defined in § 10–101(i)(2) of the Health – General Article and have a history of violent behavior against the firearm applicant or another;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>has never been found incompetent to stand trial under § 3–106 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>has never been found not criminally responsible under § 3–110 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>has never been voluntarily admitted for more than 30 consecutive days to a facility as defined in § 10–101 of the Health – General Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>has never been involuntarily committed to a facility as defined in § 10–101 of the Health – General Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>is not under the protection of a guardian appointed by a court under § 13–201(c) or § 13–705 of the Estates and Trusts Article, except for cases in which the appointment of a guardian is solely a result of a physical disability;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>is not a respondent against whom:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a current non ex parte civil protective order has been entered under § 4–506 of the Family Law Article; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>an order for protection, as defined in § 4–508.1 of the Family Law Article, has been issued by a court of another state or a Native American tribe and is in effect; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="xiv">
        <text>if under the age of 30 years at the time of application, has not been adjudicated delinquent by a juvenile court for an act that would be a disqualifying crime if committed by an adult; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>unless the applicant is excluded under § 5–117.1(a) of this subtitle, the applicant’s handgun qualification license number.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each firearm application shall contain the following statement: “Any false information supplied or statement made in this application is a crime which may be punished by imprisonment for a period of not more than 3 years, or a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the firearm applicant is a corporation, a corporate officer who is a resident of the State shall complete and execute the firearm application.</text>
  </level>
</section>
