9.92.010 Record of sale—Investigation.
A. It is unlawful for any merchant or secondhand dealer, or any clerk, agent or employee of any merchant or secondhand dealer, to sell, give away or dispose of any pistol to any person at retail, unless:
1. The person is personally known to the seller or shall present clear evidence of that person’s identity; and
2. Unless the merchant or secondhand dealer shall complete a true record in triplicate of every pistol sold or disposed of and submit the record to the chief of police of the city.
B. A complete record shall be personally signed by the purchaser and by the person effecting the sale, each in the presence of the other, and shall contain the date of sale, the caliber, make, model and manufacturer’s number of the weapon, the name, address, occupation and place of birth of the purchaser, and a statement signed by the purchaser that the purchaser is not a fugitive from justice and that the purchaser has never been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence or of drug addiction or of habitual drunkenness and has never been confined to a mental institution. One copy shall be sent by registered mail to the chief of police of the city on the same date as the record is completed.
C. The chief of police of the city shall within seventy-two hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, investigate the information contained in the record. In the event records are incomplete, the chief of police may require that the record be resubmitted. The time for investigation shall only attach to submission of complete records as herein defined. (Prior code § 6.22.010.)