§ 1-03 Applications.
RCNY § 1-03
(a)A fee of $150 shall accompany the application. All permits expire on the first day of the second January following the date of issuance of the permit and may be renewed thereafter. The renewal fee is also $150. The applicant shall pay the applicable fee with a certified check or money order payable to "N.Y.C. Police Department." (b) All applications, renewals, inquiries and information concerning licenses for dealers in rifles and shotguns shall be made to the Rifle/Shotgun Section, License Division, New York City Police Department, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, New York 11424, (718) 520-9300. The Rifle/Shotgun Section shall prescribe the manner by which such license is issued.
(c)A valid license must contain the validation seal of the Rifle/Shotgun Section.
(d)No license shall be issued or renewed pursuant to these Rules except by the Police Commissioner, and then only after investigation of the application including a review of the circumstances relevant to the answers provided in the application, and finding that all statements in a proper application for a license or renewal are true. The application may be disapproved if a false statement is made therein. No license shall be issued or renewed except for an applicant: (1) of good moral character; (2) who has not been convicted anywhere of a felony or of any serious offense, as defined in § 265.00(17) of the New York State Penal Law, or of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence as defined in § 921(a) of title 18, United States Code; (3) who has stated whether s/he has ever suffered any mental illness or been confined to any hospital or institution, public or private, for mental illness and who is free from any disability or condition that would impair the ability to safely possess or use a rifle or shotgun; (4) who has stated whether s/he is or has been the subject or recipient of an order of protection or a temporary order of protection, or the subject of a suspension or ineligibility order issued pursuant to § 530.14 of the New York State Criminal Procedure Law or § 842-a of the New York State Family Court Act; and (5) concerning whom no good cause exists for the denial of a license.
(e)An application for a license shall be made to the Rifle/Shotgun Section by submitting two copies of the prescribed form by the applicant, or in the case of a corporation or partnership, by a principal agent thereof. All entries on this official form shall be typewritten.
(f)An applicant, or principal agent, shall certify upon the application that s/he has been issued a rifle/shotgun permit, the identification number thereof, that s/he maintains a regular place of business within New York City, the address of the same, that s/he is over the age of twenty-one, that s/he undertakes to supervise the acts of her/his, or in the case of a corporation or partnership, its employees, and that the applicant has not previously been refused a license as a dealer in rifles and shotguns, and that no such license issued to her/him has been revoked.
(g)The Rifle/Shotgun Section shall reserve the right to require that every applicant for dealership and also any officer, partner, agent or employee of the proposed dealership be fingerprinted in contemplation of issuing a dealer's license. The Rifle/Shotgun Section shall also reserve the right to require photographs of all applicants and also of any officer, partner, agent, or employee of the proposed dealership.
(h)During the pendency of the application, the applicant shall notify the Rifle/Shotgun Section of any necessary correction to or modification of the information provided in the original application, or any change in her/his status or circumstances, which may be relevant to the application.
(i)If her/his license application is disapproved the applicant shall receive a written "Notice of Application Disapproval" from the Rifle/Shotgun Section indicating the reason(s) for the disapproval. If the applicant wishes to appeal the decision s/he shall submit a sworn written statement, which shall be known as an "Appeal of Application Disapproval," to the Division Head, License Division, One Police Plaza, Room 110A, New York, New York 10038 within thirty (30) calendar days of the date on the "Notice of Application Disapproval" requesting an appeal of the denial, and setting forth the reasons supporting the appeal. The Appeal of Application Disapproval shall become part of the application. It shall state the grounds for the appeal and shall contain the following statement to be signed by the applicant and notarized: "Under penalty of perjury, deponent being duly sworn, says that s/he is familiar with all of the statements contained herein and that each of these statements is true, and no pertinent facts have been omitted." Appeals that are unsworn by the applicant or submitted by individuals or business entities other than the applicant or her/his New York State licensed attorney shall not be accepted. All timely appeals shall receive a complete review of the applicant's entire file by the Division Head, License Division, who shall notify the applicant of her/his determination. The Division Head, License Division shall not consider any documentation that was not submitted during the initial background investigation. There shall be no personal interviews to discuss appeals. If the appeal of her/his disapproval is denied, the applicant shall receive a "Notice of Disapproval After Appeal" letter from the Division Head, License Division. This notice concludes the Police Department's administrative review procedure. (Amended City Record 12/6/2024, eff. 1/5/2025)
