Md. Code Regs. 29.03.03.02

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 24, December 2, 2024

Section 29.03.03.02 - Handgun Roster Board; Handgun Roster

A. Pursuant to Public Safety Article, Title 5, Subtitle 4, Annotated Code of Maryland, there is a Handgun Roster Board within the Department of State Police. The office of the Handgun Roster Board is 1201 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Maryland 21208.

B. Except as provided in §C of this regulation, a person may not manufacture for distribution or sale any handgun that is not included on the Handgun Roster compiled by the Board. A person may not sell or offer for sale in the State a handgun manufactured after January 1, 1985, that is not on the Handgun Roster. Compliance with the provisions of this section is not required until January 1, 1990.

C. This regulation does not interfere with:

(1) A person's ability to:

(a) Manufacture, sell, or offer to sell a rifle or other weapon not defined as a handgun in Regulation .01B of this chapter,

(b) Manufacture a prototype handgun model required for design, development, testing, and approval by the Board; and

(2) The manufacturing in the State of a handgun not on the Handgun Roster by a federally licensed gun manufacturer that is also licensed as a Regulated Firearms Dealer in the State for direct sale to a unit of:

(a) The federal government,

(b) A state other than Maryland,

(c) An out-of-State local government, or

(d) An out-of-State law enforcement agency.

Md. Code Regs. 29.03.03.02

Regulations .02 adopted as an emergency provision effective June 7, 1989 (16:13 Md. R. 1416); emergency status expired February 19, 1990 (16:24 Md. R. 2615) (Emergency provisions are temporary and not printed in COMAR)
Regulations .02 adopted effective June 11, 1990 (17:11 Md. R. 1344)
Regulation .02 amended effective October 19, 1998 (25:21 Md. R. 1576); June 25, 2001 (28:12 Md. R. 1113)
Regulation .02A amended effective March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 318)