Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comments Requested; Reinstatement a Previously Approved Collection Without Change; Title-Application for Registration of Firearms Acquired by Certain Governmental Entities-ATF Form 10 (5320.10)
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), will be submitting the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office ...
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Department of Justice.
ACTION:
60-Day notice.
SUMMARY:
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), will be submitting the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES:
ATF encourages comments on this information collection. You may submit written comments until midnight on December 14, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
Submit written comments and recommendations for this information collection, especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time, to Meghan Tisserand, National Firearms Act Division, by email to
NFA-ICR-comments@atf.gov,
or by mail to 244 Needy Rd; Martinsburg, WV 25401. Identify comments by the OMB control number 1140-0016. You may view the proposed information collection instrument online at
www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/federal-register-actions/forms-and-information-collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
If you have questions or need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, contact Meghan Tisserand, NFA Division, either by mail at 244 Needy Rd; Martinsburg, WV 25401, by email at
NFA-ICR-comments@atf.gov,
or by telephone at 304-616-4500. If you require additional information on DOJ's ICR process for this renewal request, contact Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer; United States Department of Justice; Justice Management Division, Enterprise Portfolio Management; Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE; 4W-218; Washington, DC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
We encourage written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed information collection. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary to properly perform ATF's functions, including whether the information will have practical utility;
—Evaluate the agency's estimate of the proposed information collection's burden for accuracy, including validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
—Evaluate whether the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected can be enhanced, and if so, how; and
—Minimize the information collection's burden on those who are to respond, including using appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology,
e.g.,
permitting people to submit electronic responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
Abstract:
State and local government agencies will use the Application for Registration of Firearms Acquired by Certain Governmental Entities—ATF Form 10 (5320.10) to register an otherwise unregisterable National Firearms Act (NFA). The NFA requires the registration of certain firearms under Federal Law. The Form 10 registration allows State and local agencies to comply with the NFA, and retain and use firearms that would otherwise have to be destroyed.
Type of information collection:
Reinstatement of a previously approved collection without change.
Title of the form/collection:
Application for Registration of Firearms Acquired by Certain Governmental Entities.
Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number:
ATF Form 10 (5320.10).
Component:
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as the obligation to respond: Affected public:
state, local, and tribal governments.
Obligation to respond:
required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
There are an estimated 862 respondents associated with this collection per year, and it will take each respondent an average of approximately 30 minutes to complete their responses.
Estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated with the collection:
The estimated annual public burden associated with this collection is 431 total hours, which is equal to 862 (total respondents) * 1 (# of responses per respondent) * .5 (30 minutes).
Estimate of the total annual other cost burden associated with the collection, if applicable:
$0.
( printed page 64944)
Estimated Total Hourly Burden
Activity
Number of
respondents
Frequency
Total annual
responses
Time per
response
(hours)
Total annual
burden
(hours)
ATF Form 10 (5320.10)
431
1
862
.5 (30 min)
431
Revisions to This Information Collection
As part of this ICR renewal, ATF is making no revisions to this information collection, OMB 1140-0016.
Dated: October 8, 2026.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 64943
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comments Requested; Reinstatement a Previously Approved Collection Without Change; Title-Application for Registration of Firearms Acquired by Certain Governmental Entities-ATF Form 10 (5320.10),” thefederalregister.org (October 13, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-20837/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comments-requested-reinstatement-a-previously-approved-coll.
www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/federal-register-actions/forms-and-information-collection