Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 9.41 - Firearms and Dangerous Weapons.
9.41.092 - Licensed dealer deliveries—Background checks.

RCW 9.41.092
Licensed dealer deliveries—Background checks.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and except for semiautomatic assault rifles under subsection (2) of this section, a licensed dealer may not deliver any firearm to a purchaser or transferee until the earlier of:
(a) The results of all required background checks are known and the purchaser or transferee (i) is not prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm under federal or state law and (ii) does not have a voluntary waiver of firearm rights currently in effect; or
(b) Ten business days have elapsed from the date the licensed dealer requested the background check. However, for sales and transfers of pistols if the purchaser or transferee does not have a valid permanent Washington driver's license or state identification card or has not been a resident of the state for the previous consecutive ninety days, then the time period in this subsection shall be extended from ten business days to sixty days.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a licensed dealer may not deliver a semiautomatic assault rifle to a purchaser or transferee until ten business days have elapsed from the date of the purchase application or, in the case of a transfer, ten business days have elapsed from the date a background check is initiated.

[ 2019 c 3 § 4 (Initiative Measure No. 1639, approved November 6, 2018); 2018 c 145 § 4; 2015 c 1 § 4 (Initiative Measure No. 594, approved November 4, 2014).]
NOTES:

Finding—Short title—Effective dates—Implementation—2019 c 3 (Initiative Measure No. 1639): See notes following RCW 9.41.360.


Effective date—2018 c 145 §§ 1, 3, and 4: See note following RCW 9.41.350.


Finding—2015 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 594): See note following RCW 9.41.010.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments

Chapter 9.41 - Firearms and Dangerous Weapons.

9.41.010 - Definitions (as amended by 2022 c 104).

9.41.040 - Unlawful possession of firearms—Ownership, possession by certain persons—Restoration of right to possess—Penalties.

9.41.042 - Children—Permissible firearm possession.

9.41.045 - Offenders under supervision of the department—Possession prohibited—Penalties.

9.41.047 - Persons found not guilty by reason of insanity and others—Possession rights.

9.41.049 - Persons who present likelihood of serious harm—Possession rights.

9.41.050 - Carrying firearms.

9.41.060 - Exceptions to restrictions on carrying firearms.

9.41.065 - Correctional employees—Effect of exemption from firearms restrictions—Liability limited.

9.41.070 - Concealed pistol license—Application—Fee—Renewal.

9.41.073 - Concealed pistol license—Reciprocity.

9.41.075 - Concealed pistol license—Revocation.

9.41.080 - Delivery to ineligible persons.

9.41.090 - Dealer deliveries regulated—Hold on delivery—Fees authorized.

9.41.092 - Licensed dealer deliveries—Background checks.

9.41.094 - Waiver of confidentiality.

9.41.097 - Supplying information on the eligibility of persons to possess firearms, purchase a pistol or semiautomatic assault rifle, or be issued a concealed pistol license.

9.41.0975 - Officials and agencies—Immunity, writ of mandamus.

9.41.098 - Forfeiture of firearms—Disposition—Confiscation.

9.41.100 - Dealer licensing and registration required.

9.41.110 - Dealer's licenses, by whom granted, conditions, fees—Employees, fingerprinting and background checks—Wholesale sales excepted—Permits prohibited.

9.41.111 - Firearm frames or receivers—Background check—Penalty.

9.41.113 - Firearm sales or transfers—Background checks—Requirements—Exceptions.

9.41.1135 - Firearms sales or transfers—Use of state firearms background check system.

9.41.114 - Firearm sales or transfers—Denial of application report—Dealer's duties.

9.41.115 - Penalties—Violations of RCW 9.41.113.

9.41.120 - Firearms as loan security.

9.41.122 - Out-of-state purchasing.

9.41.124 - Purchasing of rifles and shotguns by nonresidents.

9.41.129 - Recordkeeping requirements.

9.41.135 - Verification of licenses and registration—Notice to federal government.

9.41.137 - Department of licensing, authority to adopt rules—Reporting of violations—Authority to revoke licenses.

9.41.139 - Department of licensing—Eligibility to possess firearms.

9.41.140 - Alteration of identifying marks—Exceptions.

9.41.171 - Alien possession of firearms—Requirements—Penalty.

9.41.173 - Alien possession of firearms—Alien firearm license—Political subdivisions may not modify requirements—Penalty for false statement.

9.41.175 - Alien possession of firearms—Possession without license—Conditions.

9.41.185 - Coyote getters.

9.41.190 - Unlawful firearms—Exceptions.

9.41.220 - Unlawful firearms and parts contraband.

9.41.225 - Use of machine gun or bump-fire stock in felony—Penalty.

9.41.230 - Aiming or discharging firearms, dangerous weapons.

9.41.240 - Possession of pistol or semiautomatic assault rifle by person from eighteen to twenty-one.

9.41.250 - Dangerous weapons—Penalty.

9.41.251 - Dangerous weapons—Application of restrictions to law enforcement, firefighting, rescue, and military personnel.

9.41.260 - Dangerous exhibitions.

9.41.270 - Weapons apparently capable of producing bodily harm—Unlawful carrying or handling—Penalty—Exceptions.

9.41.280 - Possessing dangerous weapons on school facilities—Penalty—Exceptions.

9.41.282 - Possessing dangerous weapons on child care premises—Penalty—Exceptions.

9.41.284 - Possessing dangerous weapons at voting facilities—Penalty—Exceptions.

9.41.290 - State preemption.

9.41.300 - Weapons prohibited in certain places—Local laws and ordinances—Exceptions—Penalty.

9.41.305 - Open carry of weapons prohibited on state capitol grounds and municipal buildings.

9.41.310 - Information pamphlet.

9.41.320 - Fireworks.

9.41.325 - Undetectable or untraceable firearms—Penalties.

9.41.326 - Untraceable firearms—Exceptions—Penalties.

9.41.327 - Unfinished frames or receivers—Exceptions—Penalties.

9.41.328 - Imprinting a firearm or unfinished frame or receiver.

9.41.330 - Felony firearm offenders—Determination of registration.

9.41.333 - Duty to register—Requirements.

9.41.335 - Failure to register as felony firearm offender.

9.41.340 - Return of privately owned firearm by law enforcement agency—Notification to family or household member—Exception—Exemption from public disclosure—Civil liability—Liability for request based on false information.

9.41.345 - Return of privately owned firearm or concealed pistol license by law enforcement agency—Duties—Notice—Exception.

9.41.350 - Voluntary waiver of firearm rights—Procedure—Penalty—Exemption from public disclosure.

9.41.352 - Voluntary waiver of firearm rights—Form—Availability.

9.41.360 - Unsafe storage of a firearm.

9.41.365 - Firearm security and storage—Requirements for dealers.

9.41.370 - Large capacity magazines—Exceptions—Penalty.

9.41.375 - Large capacity magazines—Unfair method of competition.

9.41.380 - Safe storage of firearms expansion encouraged—No special relationship created by dealer storage.

9.41.800 - Surrender of weapons or licenses—Prohibition on future possession or licensing.

9.41.801 - Surrender of weapons or licenses—Ensuring compliance.

9.41.802 - Proof of surrender and receipt pattern form—Declaration of nonsurrender pattern form—Administrative office of the courts to develop.

9.41.804 - Proof of surrender and receipt form, declaration of nonsurrender form—Requirement to file with clerk of the court.

9.41.810 - Penalty.

9.41.815 - Surrender of weapons or licenses—Ensuring compliance—Information sharing.