1918 Mont. Laws 6-7, 9
| dc.coverage.spatial | Montana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T02:41:41Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T14:41:17Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:51:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1918 | |
| dc.description.abstract | ch. 2, §§ 1, 3, 8: Within thirty days from the passage and approval of this Act, every person within the State of Montana, who owns or has in his possession any fire arms or weapons shall make a full, true, and complete verified report upon the form hereinafter provided to the sheriff of the County in which such person lives, of all fire arms and weapons which are owned or possessed by him or her or are in his or her control, and on sale or transfer into the possession of any other person such person shall immediately forward to the sheriff of the County in which such person lives the name and address of that purchaser and person into whose possession or control such fire arm or weapon was delivered. § 3. Any person signing a fictitious name or address or giving any false information in such report shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and any person failing to file such report as in this Act provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. § 8. For the purpose of this Act a fire arm or weapon shall be deemed to be any revolver, pistol, shot gun, rifle, dirk, dagger, or sword. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Section 1. Within thirty days from the passage and approval of this Act, every person within the State of Montana, who owns or has in his possession any fire arms or weapons shall make a full, true, and complete verified report upon the form hereinafter provided to the sheriff of the County in which such person lives, of all fire arms and weapons which are owned or possessed by him or her or are in his or her control, and on sale or transfer into the possession of any other person such person shall immediately forward to the sheriff of the County in which such person lives the name and address of that purchaser and person into whose possession or control such fire arm or weapon was delivered. [...] Section 3. Any person signing a fictitious name or address or giving any false information in such report shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and any person failing to file such report as in this Act provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Such report may be verified before any person authorized by the laws of this state to administer oaths, or before any sheriff, under-sheriff, or deputy sheriff. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, borrow or otherwise acquire possession of any firearm or weapon as in this Act defined, from any person, firm or corporation outside of the State of Montana, without first obtaining a permit from the sheriff of the County in which such person lives. And no sheriff shall give any such permit without first procuring from such person an affidavit in substantially the same form as herein provided in Section 2, setting forth the description of the firm arm or weapon in Paragraph 2, which such person desires to purchase. No permit shall be given by the sheriff until he is satisfied that the person applying for such permit is of good moral character and does not desire such fire arm or weapon for any unlawful purpose. [...] Section 8. For the purposes of this Act a fire arm or weapon shall be deemed to be any revolver, pistol, shot gun, rifle, dirk, dagger or sword. | |
| dc.description.summary | The law required all Montana residents possessing firearms or certain weapons to register them with the county sheriff and report transfers of ownership, while also requiring permits for acquiring firearms from outside the state. It made false reporting, failure to register, and unauthorized acquisition of covered weapons misdemeanors, and defined regulated weapons to include pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rifles, dirks, daggers, and swords. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4465 | |
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| dc.subject | DEFINITIONS | |
| dc.subject | REGISTRATION | |
| dc.title | 1918 Mont. Laws 6-7, 9 |