CHAPTER 10-800. SAFETY
§10-830. Reporting Requirements Upon the Application or Renewal of a License to Carry a Firearm. [191]
(1) Definitions.
(a) Application. An
Application for a license to carry a firearm concealed in a vehicle or one about
the person of an individual as described in 18 P.S.A. §
6109.
(b) Firearm. Any rifle, pistol, revolver, gun or
shotgun.
(c) Police Department. The Philadelphia Police
Department.
(2) Reporting Requirements.
(a) The Police
Department, upon reviewing an Application, in a form designed by the Police
Department, shall require the applicant to provide the following information
upon the processing of an Application:
(1) The name, address,
occupation, place of birth of the applicant, date and hour of the application,
the caliber, length of barrel, make, model and manufacturer’s number of
and type of all guns registered with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at the
home, business or any other property leased, owned by the applicant or under the
control or access of the applicant, at the time of the
application.
(b) This information shall be provided to the Police
Department in a form designed by the Police Department, every year, within sixty
(60) days from one year of the original date of application that the applicant
has a valid license to carry a firearm concealed in a vehicle or one about the
person of an individual.
(1) In the event that the applicant no longer
owns the firearm, the applicant shall within one year of the date of the
original application for a concealed weapon, update the information provided in
the form provided by the Police
Department.
(3) Exemption.
(a) This Ordinance shall not
apply to:
(.i) employees of the Police Department and the Philadelphia
Sheriff’s Department;
(.ii) retired former employees of the
Police Department with respect to weapons they purchased with personal funds and
which they were authorized to use in the line of duty during their period of
employment with the Police Department;
(.iii) any person who falls
into any of the exceptions in 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6106(b).
(b) The
Police Department shall, by regulation, specify procedures whereby persons
permitted to own concealed firearms notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section, may obtain certification of such exempt status, upon proving the basis
of their exemption, and upon payment of a reasonable fee set by the Police
Department to defray the cost of such certification
process.
(4) Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of
this Section shall, in addition to other penalties provided, shall pay a fine of
not more than three hundred dollars ($300).