Is there a charge for a background check?

[bigez]

I've never heard of anybody in NC charging for a "background check" when you purchase a firearm, yet here in TN I see a gun shop doing so. Is that normal here? I thought the NICS/federal check was free.

Edited March 27, 2015 by bigez

[raildog]

Tics is $10.00 here in Tennessee

[Oh Shoot]

NICS is free, but TN uses TICS (Tennessee Instant Check System) run by TBI (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation) as intermediary, and there is a $10 fee per 4473 as per state law.

 

We are a "full participant point of contact" state for NICS, as an option under the federal system:

 

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/nics/poc

 

- OS

Edited March 27, 2015 by Oh Shoot

[bigez]

Ahh....interesting.  Thanks!

[ProfEngr]

So, box 22 on the NFA form doesn't apply in TN because of the TCIS middleman? I know GA doesn’t do NCIS for NFA if it's a trust.

[Oh Shoot]

So, box 22 on the NFA form doesn't apply in TN because of the TCIS middleman? I know GA doesn’t do NCIS for NFA if it's a trust.

 

I assume by "NFA form" you mean the NFA exception on the 4473 in box 22.

 

I don't know TICS rules for that. TICS wants to check serial number, unlike NCIS, so maybe has to still be submitted but they just don't pass it along to NICS, I really have no idea.

 

If nobody else replies you might ping Mike (LawEnforcementSalesTN) to respond here, since he handles NFA transfers frequently.

 

- OS

Edited March 31, 2015 by Oh Shoot