Unfinished firearms
Seattle Mun. Code § 12A.14.260
in effect12A.14.260 - Unfinished firearms
A. After March 10, 2023, no person may knowingly or recklessly possess, transport, or receive an unfinished frame or receiver, unless:
1. The party possessing, transporting, or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver is a law enforcement agency or a federal firearms importer, federal firearms manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer; or
2. The unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal firearms importer, federal firearms manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer.
B. No person may sell, offer to sell, transfer, or purchase an unfinished frame or receiver, unless:
1. The party purchasing the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, federal firearms manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer; or
2. The unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal firearms importer, federal firearms manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer.
C. Subsection 12A.14.260.A does not apply to any unfinished frame or receiver that has been imprinted by a federal firearms dealer or other federal licensee authorized to provide marking services as provided for in RCW 9.41.328.
D. 1.
Any person who violates subsection 12A.14.260.A commits a civil infraction and shall be assessed a monetary penalty of $500.
2. If a person previously has been found to have violated subsection 12A.14.260.A or RCW 9.41.327, then the person is guilty of a misdemeanor for each subsequent violation of subsection 12A.14.260.A, or violation of subsection 12A.14.260.A after a previous violation of RCW 9.41.327.
3. If a person previously has been found to have violated subsection 12A.14.260.A or RCW 9.41.327 two or more times, then the person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor for each subsequent violation of subsection 12A.14.260.A.
4. If a person violates subsection 12A.14.260.A by possessing, transporting, receiving, selling, offering to sell, transferring, or purchasing three or more unfinished frames or receivers at a time, then the person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor for each violation of subsection 12A.14.260.A.
5. A person commits a separate violation of subsection 12A.14.260.A for each and every unfinished frame or receiver to which subsection 12A.14.260.A applies.
(Ord. 126691, § 27, 2022.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT12ACRCO_SUBTITLE_ICRCO_CH12A.14WECO_12A.14.260UNFIFetched: 11/1/2026