724.15  ANNUAL PERMIT TO ACQUIRE PISTOLS OR
      REVOLVERS.
         1.  Any person who acquires ownership of any pistol or revolver
      shall first obtain an annual permit.  An annual permit shall not be
      issued to any person unless:
         a.  The person is twenty-one years of age or older.
         b.  The person has never been convicted of a felony.
         c.  The person is not addicted to the use of alcohol or a
      controlled substance.
         d.  The person has no history of repeated acts of violence.
         e.  The person has never been convicted of a crime defined in
      chapter 708, except "assault" as defined in section 708.1 and
      "harassment" as defined in section 708.7.
         f.  The person has never been adjudged mentally incompetent.
         2.  Any person who acquires ownership of a pistol or revolver
      shall not be required to obtain an annual permit if:
         a.  The person transferring the pistol or revolver and the
      person acquiring the pistol or revolver are licensed firearms dealers
      under federal law;
         b.  The pistol or revolver acquired is an antique firearm, a
      collector's item, a device which is not designed or redesigned for
      use as a weapon, a device which is designed solely for use as a
      signaling, pyrotechnic, line-throwing, safety, or similar device, or
      a firearm which is unserviceable by reason of being unable to
      discharge a shot by means of an explosive and is incapable of being
      readily restored to a firing condition; or
         c.  The person acquiring the pistol or revolver is authorized
      to do so on behalf of a law enforcement agency.
         d.  The person has obtained a valid permit to carry weapons,
      as provided in section 724.11.
         e.  The person transferring the pistol or revolver and the
      person acquiring the pistol or revolver are related to one another
      within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity unless the
      person transferring the pistol or revolver knows that the person
      acquiring the pistol or revolver would be ineligible to obtain a
      permit.
         3.  The annual permit to acquire pistols or revolvers shall
      authorize the permit holder to acquire one or more pistols or
      revolvers during the period that the permit remains valid.  If the
      issuing officer determines that the applicant has become disqualified
      under the provisions of subsection 1, the issuing officer may
      immediately invalidate the permit.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C79, 81, § 724.15] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         90 Acts, ch 1147, § 2, 3
         Referred to in § 724.16, 724.19, 724.27
         Exception to subsection 1, paragraphs b and e; see §724.27