Selling a Gun Privately

• An unlicensed person may transfer a firearm to another unlicensed person only if both appear together with the firearm before a licensed dealer who agrees to handle the transfer.
• A transfer means a sale, a trade or a gift, and the dealer may charge a reasonable fee.
• Transfers between immediate family members, such as spouses, parents, children, siblings and grandparents, are exempt.
• A violation carries up to one year and $500, and so does giving the dealer a false statement or false identification.

• 13 V.S.A. § 4019StatuteFirearms transfers; background checksOpens legislature.vermont.gov ↗

Buying a firearm for someone the buyer knows or should know is barred from having one, or who means to carry it during a felony, carries up to five years and $50,000. It is not a violation if the buyer acted under threats or coercion.

• 13 V.S.A. § 4025StatuteStraw purchasing of firearmsOpens legislature.vermont.gov ↗