Indiana does not require the registration of firearms. However, handguns may be voluntarily registered with local law enforcement.¹

As of October 1, 2024, Indiana government entities are expressly prohibited from keeping any registry of privately owned firearms or the owners of privately owned firearms.²

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1. Bureau of Justice Statistics Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2005 (November 2006).[↩]
2. Ind. Code Ann. § 24-5-27.5.[↩]