offered by
Department of Criminal Justice Information Services
Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
related to
Personal Safety

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 a firearms license 
Here you can learn how to record a private firearms sale or transfer. 

All other tasks

Renew a firearms license 
Check the status of your firearms license application 
Obtain your firearms license PIN 
Report a change of address for firearms ID card and license 
Appeal a firearms license denial 

What you need to know

Massachusetts Firearms Laws 
Approved firearms rosters 
Information for firearms dealers 

Contact Information

Address

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

Phone

(617) 660-4782

Fax

Fax (617) 884-4601

Additional Resources

Request your firearms transaction history
Approved Firearm Safety / Locking Devices (PDF 44.07 KB)
Massachusetts Gun Dealer Transactions - 2006-2018 (PDF 172.56 KB)
Firearms License Name Change Request Form (PDF 88.74 KB)
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