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As a ton of questions come up about the Form 4473, I figured I would post this here
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Q: The customer made a mistake while completing the form. Does the FFL holder have to start all over again?
A: No. Simply ask your customer to strike through the mistake with a single line; ask them to initial and date the strike-through and write in the correct information. Never use white out, correction ribbon, eraser, etc., when a mistake is made. Also, remember that such a correction is good only before the firearm has been transferred. If a mistake is being corrected after the firearm was transferred, you will need to make a photo-copy of the portion of the form that is being corrected, make the corrections the same way (strike-through, date, and initial by customer) and then attach the photocopy with its corrections to the original 4473.
Q: I made a mistake as the seller/transferor, what should I do?
A: The answer here is no different than when the customer has made the mistake: Strike-through, initial, date, and enter the correct information.
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Q: The customer made a mistake while completing the form. Does the FFL holder have to start all over again?
A: No. Simply ask your customer to strike through the mistake with a single line; ask them to initial and date the strike-through and write in the correct information. Never use white out, correction ribbon, eraser, etc., when a mistake is made. Also, remember that such a correction is good only before the firearm has been transferred. If a mistake is being corrected after the firearm was transferred, you will need to make a photo-copy of the portion of the form that is being corrected, make the corrections the same way (strike-through, date, and initial by customer) and then attach the photocopy with its corrections to the original 4473.
Q: I made a mistake as the seller/transferor, what should I do?
A: The answer here is no different than when the customer has made the mistake: Strike-through, initial, date, and enter the correct information.
