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Firearms Services

The Firearms Records Bureau is the Commonwealth's repository for all firearms license and transaction data, issues non-resident firearms licenses and resident alien permits, and provides guidance to local licensing officers.

Here you'll find information regarding firearms licenses, firearms sales and transfers, appealing a firearms license denial, approved firearms rosters, and firearms laws for the Commonwealth.

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

Apply for or renew a firearms license  Record a private firearms sale or registration  Request serial number for firearm  Firearms License and Transaction Frequently Asked Questions 

All other tasks

Check the status of your firearms license application  Obtain your firearms license PIN  Report an address or name change for your firearms license  Appeal a firearms license denial  Get data about firearms licensing and transactions 

What you need to know

Massachusetts Firearms Laws  Approved firearms rosters  Information for firearms dealers  Firearms - Data Dashboards 

Contact Information

Address

200 Arlington St., Suite 2200, Chelsea, MA 02150
Directions

Phone

Call Firearms Records Bureau at (617) 660-4782

Online

Email Firearms Records Bureau at frb@mass.gov
Email Firearms Records Bureau at gundealers@mass.gov

Fax

Fax (617) 884-4601

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