Enter Recovered Gun

The following fields are mandatory to cause acceptance of a recovered gun entry in NCIC files: recovering agency’s identifier, serial number, make, caliber, type, date of recovery, and recovering agency’s case number. The entry will be rejected if one of the mandatory fields is left unfilled.

A recovered gun entry follows the same format as a stolen/missing gun entry, except the MIS Field cannot be used.  A recovered gun entry cannot contain the MAK Field code ZZZ.

A recovered gun entry will be permitted when the Serial Number (SER), Make (MAK), Caliber (CAL), and Type (TYP) Fields are the same as those of a stolen gun entry if the entering agencies are different.