Surrendering a firearm to a political subdivision, valuable consideration prohibited, exceptions
Local governments (like cities or counties) cannot run buyback programs — where people turn in guns and get something valuable in return — unless two things happen first. The local government must officially vote to allow the program, and the rules must say that any guns collected will be offered for sale or trade to licensed gun dealers. Money made from those sales goes to the local government. If a gun has been offered to at least two licensed dealers and nobody wants it, it can be destroyed.
571.067. Surrendering a firearm to a , prohibited, exceptions. — No county, , or other governmental body, or an of a county, municipality, or other governmental body, may participate in any program in which individuals are given a thing of value in exchange for surrendering a firearm to the county, municipality, or other governmental body unless:
(1) The county, municipality, or governmental body has adopted a , , or authorizing the participation of the county, municipality, or governmental body, or participation by an agent of the county, municipality, or governmental body, in such a program; and
(2) The resolution, ordinance, or rule enacted this section provides that any firearm received shall be offered for sale or trade to a . The from any sale or gains from trade shall be the property of the county, municipality, or governmental body. Any proceeds collected under this shall be deposited with the municipality, county, or governmental body unless the proceeds are collected by a sheriff, in which case the proceeds shall be deposited in the county sheriff's under section 50.535. Any firearm remaining in the possession of the county, municipality, or governmental body after the firearm has been offered for sale or trade to at least two licensed firearms dealers may be destroyed.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2013 H.B. 533)
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