The Secretary of the Maryland State Police maintains a permanent record of all completed transfers of “regulated firearms” (handguns and assault weapons). See the section entitled Retention of Sales & Background Checks Records in Maryland for further information

A person who moves into Maryland with the intent of becoming a resident must register all regulated firearms with the Secretary within 90 days after establishing residency.¹ The application for registration must contain:

• The make, model, manufacturer’s serial number, caliber, type, barrel length, and country of origin of each regulated firearm; and
• The applicant’s name, address, social security number, place and date of birth, height, weight, race, eye and hair color, signature, driver’s or photographic identification soundex number, and occupation.²

The application fee is $15.³

Registration data provided under the above provisions is not open to public inspection.⁴

See the Maryland Assault Weapons section for information on the registration of assault weapons.

Maryland has no other firearm registration requirements.

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1. Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 5-143(a)(1).[↩]
2. Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 5-143(b).[↩]
3. Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 5-143(c).[↩]
4. Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 5-143(d).[↩]