549.13 MANUFACTURER’S AND DEALER’S RECORDS.

   (a)   Each manufacturer, dealer, buyer or seller of firearms shall maintain at his/her place of business, complete records of all firearms disposed of in the course of his business, whether manufactured by himself/herself or acquired from other manufacturers or dealers. The records shall show and include:

      (1)   The number of firearms of each type, together with a full and adequate description thereof, including the serial numbers if such firearms are numbered;

      (2)   The name and address of each person from whom the firearms were acquired and the date of acquisition, provided the firearms were not purchased directly from the manufacturer;

      (3)   The disposition made of each firearm, including the name and principal address of each transferee, the address to which they are delivered and the date of disposition.

   (b)   Each manufacturer, dealer, buyer or seller of firearms shall maintain similarly complete records at each store or place where firearms are sold, of all firearms acquired and disposed of in the course of his/her business at such store or place.

   (c)   Each manufacturer, dealer, buyer or seller, shall at the time he/she purchases any firearm, other than from the original manufacturer, enter with typewritten or printed letters, in ink, on a blank form to be furnished by the Twinsburg Police Department, such information as may be called for on such form. The information shall be printed on the card by the purchaser of the firearm or his employee, except that the seller of the firearm shall sign his/her name where required on the card. No entry on the card shall be erased, obliterated, altered, or defaced.

      (1)   Each manufacturer, dealer, seller or buyer of firearms shall deliver within one business day to the Chief of Police or his/her authorized representative, the fully completed form signed by the seller of the firearm as mandated by this section.

      (2)   Each manufacturer, dealer, seller or buyer of firearms shall maintain at his place of business any firearm acquired from any individual, other than the original manufacturer, for a period of twenty-one days before trading, selling, or otherwise disposing of the firearm purchased.

   (d)   Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 134-2001. Passed 9-18-01.)