§ 14-407.1. Sale of blank cartridge pistols.

§ 14‑407.1.  Sale ofblank cartridge pistols.

The provisions of G.S. 14‑402,14‑405, and 14‑406 shall apply to the sale of pistols suitable forfiring blank cartridges. The sheriffs of all the counties of this State areauthorized and may in their discretion issue to any person, firm orcorporation, in any such county, a license or permit to purchase or receive anypistol suitable for firing blank cartridges from any person, firm orcorporation offering to sell or dispose of the same, which said permit shall bein substantially the following form:

North Carolina

______________ County

I,______________, Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, do hereby certifythat ______________, whose place of residence is ______________ Street in______________ (or) in ______________ Township in ______________ County, NorthCarolina, having this day satisfied me that the possession of a pistol suitablefor firing blank cartridges will be used only for lawful purposes, a permit istherefore given said ______________ to purchase said pistol from any person,firm or corporation authorized to dispose of the same, this ________ day of____________, ________.

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                                                                                                           Sheriff

The sheriff shall charge forthe sheriff's services, upon issuing such permit, a fee of fifty cents (50¢). (1959, c. 1068; 1999‑456,s. 59; 2006‑264, s. 5.)