2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 61 - Firearms and Other Dangerous Articles
6127 - Firearm tracing.

     § 6127.  Firearm tracing.
        (a)  Illegal possession.--Upon confiscating or recovering a
     firearm from the possession of anyone who is not permitted by
     Federal or State law to possess a firearm, a local law
     enforcement agency shall use the best available information,
     including a firearms trace where necessary, to determine how and
     from where the person gained possession of the firearm.
        (b)  Tracing.--Local law enforcement shall use the National
     Tracing Center of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
     Firearms and Explosives in complying with subsection (a).
        (c)  Notification.--Local law enforcement agencies shall
     advise the Pennsylvania State Police of all firearms that are
     recovered in accordance with this section.
     (July 17, 2007, P.L.139, No.41, eff. 60 days; Oct. 17, 2008,
     P.L.1628, No.131, eff. 60 days)

        2008 Amendment.  Act 131 amended subsec. (a).
        2007 Amendment.  Act 41 added section 6127.