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Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 2024 ‘Universal Background Checks in Washington.’ Background Checks. San Francisco, CA: Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 22 December

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Private Sales in Washington

Washington law has no law requiring a background check on the purchaser of a firearm when the seller is not a licensed dealer.

Private firearms transfers (i.e., transfers by non-firearms dealers) are not subject to a background check requirement in Washington, although federal and state purchaser prohibitions still apply…

State law also provides that no person may deliver a firearm to any person whom he or she has reasonable cause to believe is ineligible to possess a firearm.

Washington prohibits any person from knowingly providing a firearm to a person confined in a detention facility.

[Editor's note: The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence regularly updates its webpages with new data as US gun regulation evolves state by state. For the most up-to-date information on US gun laws, please refer to the Giffords URL below]

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