{"data":{"id":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-4083","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"13 V.S.A. § 4083","heading":"Unlawful conduct involving unserialized firearms, frames, and receivers","body":"(a)(1) A person shall not knowingly possess an unfinished frame or receiver unless the unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms licensee pursuant to federal law or section 4084 of this title.\n(2) A person shall not knowingly transfer or offer to transfer an unfinished frame or receiver unless the unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms licensee pursuant to federal law or section 4084 of this title.\n(3) This subsection shall not apply to:\n(A) a federal firearms licensee acting within the scope of the licensee’s license;\n(B) possession or transfer of an unfinished frame or receiver for the purpose of having it imprinted with a serial number pursuant to federal law or section 4084 of this title; or\n(C) an unfinished frame or receiver transferred to or possessed by a law enforcement officer for legitimate law enforcement purposes.\n(b)(1) A person shall not knowingly possess a firearm or frame or receiver of a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms licensee pursuant to federal law or section 4084 of this title.\n(2) A person shall not knowingly transfer or offer to transfer a firearm or frame or receiver of a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms licensee pursuant to federal law or section 4084 of this title.\n(3) This subsection shall not apply to:\n(A) a federal firearms licensee acting within the scope of the licensee’s license;\n(B) possession or transfer of a firearm or frame or receiver of a firearm for the purpose of having it imprinted with a serial number pursuant to federal law or section 4084 of this title;\n(C) an unserialized frame or receiver transferred to or possessed by a law enforcement officer for legitimate law enforcement purposes;\n(D) an antique firearm as defined in subsection 4017(d) of this title;\n(E) a firearm that has been rendered permanently inoperable; or\n(F) a firearm that was manufactured before 1968.\n(c)(1) A person who manufactures a firearm or frame or receiver of a firearm, including by a three-dimensional printer, shall cause the firearm, frame, or receiver to be imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms licensee pursuant to federal law or section 4084 of this title.\n(2) This subsection shall not apply to:\n(A) a federally licensed firearms manufacturer acting within the scope of the manufacturer’s license; or\n(B) possession or transfer of a firearm or frame or receiver of a firearm for the purpose of having it imprinted with a serial number pursuant to federal law or section 4084 of this title.\n(d)(1) A person who violates subdivision (a)(1) or (b)(1) of this section shall be:\n(A) for a first offense, assessed a civil penalty of not more than $50.00;\n(B) for a second offense, imprisoned for not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both; and\n(C) for a third or subsequent offense, imprisoned for not more than three years or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both.\n(2) A person who violates subdivision (a)(2), (b)(2), or (c)(1) of this section shall be:\n(A) for a first offense, imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $500.00, or both;\n(B) for a second offense, imprisoned for not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both; and\n(C) for a third or subsequent offense, imprisoned for not more than three years or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both.\n(3) A person who uses an unserialized firearm while committing a violent crime or while committing reckless endangerment in violation of section 1025 of this title shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both.","path":["Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Chapter 085: Weapons","Subchapter 004: UNSERIALIZED FIREARMS AND FIREARMS FRAMES AND RECEIVERS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/085/04083","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:58Z","sha256":"56dcbc6294fa5f234085b3c2688ffe098388890c8529215ff9dd71030a0f89b5","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-4082","next":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-4084"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}