§134-7.3  Seizure of firearms upondisqualification.  (a)  If any applicant is denied a permit, the chiefs ofpolice of the respective counties shall send, by certified mail, a noticesetting forth the reasons for the denial and may require that the applicantvoluntarily surrender all firearms and ammunition to the chief of police wherethe applicant resides or dispose of all firearms and ammunition.  If anapplicant fails to voluntarily surrender or dispose of all firearms andammunition within thirty days from the date notice was mailed, the chief ofpolice may seize all firearms and ammunition.

(b)  Any person disqualified from ownership,possession, or control of firearms and ammunition under section 134-7 shallvoluntarily surrender all firearms and ammunition to the chief of police wherethe person resides or dispose of all firearms and ammunition.  If any personfails to voluntarily surrender or dispose of all firearms and ammunition withinthirty days from the date of disqualification, the chief of police may seizeall firearms and ammunition.

(c)  For the purposes of this section,"dispose" means selling the firearms to a gun dealer licensed undersection 134-31, transferring ownership of the firearms to any person who meetsthe requirements of section 134-2, or surrendering all firearms to the chief ofpolice where the person resides for storage or disposal; provided, for a personsubject to section 134-7(f), "dispose" shall not include transferringownership of the firearms to any person who meets the requirements of section134-2.

(d)  The chief of police of the respectivecounties shall adopt procedures to implement and administer the provisions ofthis section by December 31, 2001. [L 2000, c 127, §1; am L 2004, c 4, §2]